NorvilleRogers wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 08, 2025 7:10 pm

Trolly-ho obviously has a Trump fetish so please don’t take too seriously.

Do you have any contribution to the Subject line?

MikeH wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 08, 2025 7:06 pm

You’ve obviously bought the Trump line, so no point in answering.

Yes, "obviously" the common sense line.

Macclad51 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 08, 2025 6:57 pm

. . . bill the Trump administration . . .

Mate, the EU / UK have already proffered the begging bowl in asking, pleading, for the US to provide 'security guarantees' for the "boots on the ground" as per Starmer. Your "billing" malarkey is a non-starter.

Crusty wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 08, 2025 6:47 pm

Welcome to the world of the living - 80 posts in 10 years! Where have you been?!

MikeH wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 08, 2025 6:43 pm

So the US is no longer able to negotiate from a position of strength?

Are you saying "strength" as in having to pay Europe's way?
Are you saying funding this war ad infinitum?

Or what?

You can shout and moan and bad mouth until kingdom come! You are mirroring the EU / UK mindset of doing as little as possible - - they have no Plan B to offer Zelensky - they have not the numbers (as per Starmer's boots on the ground waffle) - they have neither the equipment nor technical (intellig...

Good day, And the answer is. 90 000 for Wembly The current force is much less than during WW2. Also, technology requires less bodies than in previous political climates. E.g. 10 for B-17 against 1 for Typhoon. We could go on and on, on I get what you're saying. See my response to raptor9 in the pos...

Perhaps Tally-Ho is not aware that the U.K. is much smaller than the U.S.A., whose name, the United States of America, was given to them by an Englishman!!.[Thomas Paine of Thetford], and our Army is much more capable technology wise I suspect than it was in the Falklands era!. My reference to the ...

C24 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:39 am

To press a fine point if I may, just to keep our minds focussed -
- the British Army (Regular Forces) are now half the number of what they were during the Falklands Campaign in 1982.

I did not take into account the Gurkhas or the Volunteer Reserve, so based on that calculation, I stand corrected.

Thank you.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO / Nato):- Originally formed in 1949 to deter an attack from the now extinct USSR and their Warsaw Pact members. Forward to 2025 - Russia remains of that former grouping, Russia was also the largest contributor to that grouping, by a very large margin. Tru...

Malcy wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 06, 2025 1:12 pm

Oh dear Tally-ho > > >

A spirited post by you!

Mate, fasten your seatbelt, or in Trump parlance "I am only getting started".

Are Americans keen for the war to stop it seems under any circumstances for global economic reasons or do you think Trump really cares what happens to Ukraine people and wants to stop the killing? I apologize if I sound like a smart arse but it's difficult to discuss this within the background of t...

Yes Tally-ho we get it - America are unwilling to help unless they get paid. If I may - - The benefits of an agreement / deal on mining of Rare Earth minerals goes both ways. US infrastructure and personnel will be all over the country and it will be long term - mining is a long term business. For ...

You miss the point of the backstop entirely, it's so that America is invested in the peace deal and not there to just take the Ukrainian minerals . . . No mate, I'm missing nothing. The USA is not prepared to provide a military type backstop for bitty-bitty UK and French boots on the ground. Everyo...

USA ( Trump ) now withholding intelligence Yes, absolutely. Zelensky has two choices - - sign the initiation to a peace process (the minerals deal) or the US pauses their aid - simples. Get this - the US is NOT going to keep funding Zelensky's unwinnable war. Nato's boss Mark Rutte also told Z the ...

"US pausing Military aid to Ukraine" is the subject under discussion . . . . . . how interesting to note that all of a sudden, out of the blue like a thunderbolt, the EU finds £650 Billion (yes Billion Sterling) to fund and upgrade military preparedness! - Where was all that money when Putin invaded...

There is nothing for Ukraine to gain by signing away their mineral rights to the US. It is a business deal benefitting both sides. And as for security guarantees, isn’t that what the 1994 nuclear disarmament agreement was for? That is worthless. Go read the hugely complicated story on that; Google ...

This so called peace plan by Trump tramples all over zelensky and Ukraine No, the plan is not a "so called". It is the only plan on the table. If you value the future feasibility of Ukraine as a country, you need to understand the nuances and pitfalls of politics on the international stage. I have ...

The annual Presidential Address to the US Congress is early tomorrow morning (02.00 GMT), so there you go, all of us followers of US politics will be glued to the box. NATO may well get a mention. NATO - for the short / medium term I think things will remain as is, the Europeans I hope are stepping ...