Potus ???

[Yournamehere]

42 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Well the righteous one soon fell from his pulpit 

Blimey, I never knew that I was held in such high regard. Are you sure you're not confusing me with someone else? Maybe you surfaced a little to quickly in your rush to get back here to join in the fun, maybe you're still a little bit light headed.

I w'd of had tried harder if I had known. So sorry to let you down.

 

I'll now take some time away to reflect upon my actions and in future try to remember that calling a moron who is acting like a moron 'a moron' although factually correct, isn't always the best course of action.

Still, what with all your gatekeeping telling people to stfu and laying down conditions for people to post, you're not really in any position to preach yourself are you?

 

PS I han't ever served under fire but I have changed the clutch on a Moto Guzzi T4 (hence my inner peace) hope this counts.

 

PPS my great great uncle, 'Charles the Pulpit' did actually fall from the pulpit: he died mid-sermon. Funny old world huh?

 

Peace & Love

Yourn

[Johnsond]

14 minutes ago, Yournamehere said:

Blimey, I never knew that I was held in such high regard. Are you sure you're not confusing me with someone else? Maybe you surfaced a little to quickly in your rush to get back here to join in the fun, maybe you're still a little bit light headed.

I w'd of had tried harder if I had known. So sorry to let you down.

 

I'll now take some time away to reflect upon my actions and in future try to remember that calling a moron who is acting like a moron 'a moron' although factually correct, isn't always the best course of action.

Still, what with all your gatekeeping telling people to stfu and laying down conditions for people to post, you're not really in any position to preach yourself are you?

 

PS I han't ever served under fire but I have changed the clutch on a Moto Guzzi T4 (hence my inner peace) hope this counts.

 

PPS my great great uncle, 'Charles the Pulpit' did actually fall from the pulpit: he died mid-sermon. Funny old world huh?

 

Peace & Love

Yourn

That’s a lot of words to say **************** all, I’ve been ticking along on the thread just not getting hysterical over Trump that’s all. It does make me laugh at the zealots yearning for no compromise military action when in reality the loudest advocates ain’t never been anywhere near its 

[tree-fancier123]

In the second Boer War 1899 - 1902 we lost a reported 27,000 military, the Korean War 1950 - 1953 cost the lives of approximately 1100 service men and women.

My point is the recent conflicts have not been on that scale

30 years fighting in NI est 763 dead

Iraq 179

Afganistan 457

Gulf War 47

Falkands 255

Our soldiers are still just as brave as in the Boer War, but their chances of survival seem better today. 

In cold terms of sheer numbers I think a combined UK and EU force could defeat Russia in a conventional war, but when it comes to Taiwan it would take more than any conceivable coalition to defeat China. 

Biden said he would defend Taiwan, whereas Trump will not. This time maybe Trump is right - hundreds of thousands of US soldiers could be sent tp their deaths defending Taiwan and it still would fall. 

China and Russia are like bullies in the school playground and when the teachers try to break it up the teachers end up stabbed to death.

 

 

[GarethM]

So in you're game of shoulda woulda coulda, you want a WW3.

 

Regardless of the deaths in conflicts, a bullet to the head is just as lethal now as it was in the 1600s.

 

You can't play soldier without also being able to kill, a soldier that can't is a waste of a uniform.

Edited Friday at 14:49 by GarethM

[Yournamehere]

1 hour ago, Johnsond said:

That’s a lot of words to say **************** all, I’ve been ticking along on the thread just not getting hysterical over Trump that’s all. It does make me laugh at the zealots yearning for no compromise military action when in reality the loudest advocates ain’t never been anywhere near its 

Chrissake now he thinks he's in a western!

Them's a lotta words mister.

Like gee Mr Kincaid, I'll try and post a bit shorter

[Yournamehere]

8 minutes ago, GarethM said:

So in you're game of shoulda woulda coulda, you want a WW3.

Ask the parents of the kidnapped children what they want.

Putin must answer for his crimes.

[tree-fancier123]

11 minutes ago, GarethM said:

So in you're game of shoulda woulda coulda, you want a WW3.

 

Regardless of the deaths in conflicts, a bullet to the head is just as lethal now as it was in the 1600s.

 

You can't play soldier without also being able to kill, a soldier that can't is a waste of a uniform.

I've seen Rambo 1, 2 and 3 - I know what it takes

[tree-fancier123]

5 minutes ago, Yournamehere said:

Ask the parents of the kidnapped children what they want.

Putin must answer for his crimes.

this is what I was trying to get at - say you were a modern Churchill, in charge of saying green for go - just how much loss would you tolerate in order to finish off Putin?

Say it could be done if the UK and EU went all in - would 100.000 UK dead be a price worth paying?

[Mark J]

31 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

In the second Boer War 1899 - 1902 we lost a reported 27,000 military, the Korean War 1950 - 1953 cost the lives of approximately 1100 service men and women.

My point is the recent conflicts have not been on that scale

30 years fighting in NI est 763 dead

Iraq 179

Afganistan 457

Gulf War 47

Falkands 255

Our soldiers are still just as brave as in the Boer War, but their chances of survival seem better today. 

In cold terms of sheer numbers I think a combined UK and EU force could defeat Russia in a conventional war, but when it comes to Taiwan it would take more than any conceivable coalition to defeat China. 

Biden said he would defend Taiwan, whereas Trump will not. This time maybe Trump is right - hundreds of thousands of US soldiers could be sent tp their deaths defending Taiwan and it still would fall. 

China and Russia are like bullies in the school playground and when the teachers try to break it up the teachers end up stabbed to death.

 

 

[GarethM]

4 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

I've seen Rambo 1, 2 and 3 - I know what it takes

I think pepper pig might be more up the street for some of the war hungry lefty types.

 

All war hungry, but would more likely run around like the Taliban shooting into the air.