Quote (ferdia @ Mar 7 2022 07:41am)
Apologies if i took out too much when quoting you. ehmm this woman proably has had a gun pointed at her xD alot of people actively dislike her, and its quite easy to find articles outlining why. In terms of Northern Ireland, yes, it can be seen as a microcosm of Ukraine for sure. 1/2 want to be with the Republic and 1/2 want to be part of Great Britain, and as most people know both sides are happy to take up arms to champion their position, a situation not unlike that in Ukraine. However, while there are similarities ultimately, whether Northern Ireland is part of the UK or not is not a strategic deal breaker for the UK. I mean from a UK standpoint, for sure they should want to keep on to the North (I say this when I am Irish ok), and yet its such a hassle for them, my view is they are just tired now. Ultimately if the North does vote to be part of the republic (and this may happen in my lifetime) the difference here is that they would not put missiles in the North directed at the UK whereas Nato is all too keen to pepper missiles all along the eastern "front".
agreed.
If Russia was a democracy who voted for their leaders in fair elections it wouldn't be possible to invade Ukraine. That is a pretty important point in all of this regarding NATO.