• blackn1ght@feddit.uk
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    26 days ago

    Dear Mr Putin,

    Please don’t TARGET BLACKPOOL. It would be a huge waste of a missile as there isn’t any SECRET GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN BLACKPOOL. Let me be clear, we’ll respond with a strongly worded letter if you AIM FOR BLACKPOOL. It will cost us tens of pounds to repair the damage, and we simply haven’t got enough money left after giving billions to various government contractors.

    Kind regards, Someone that has been to Blackpool

  • vga@sopuli.xyz
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    26 days ago

    Russia started the Ukraine war in 2014 by attacking Crimea. Then they escalated the war in 2022 by attacking all of Ukraine.

    No other escalations have happened. Claiming that it has is typical russotroll bullshit.

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    27 days ago

    This is “threatens the uk” :

    “We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities.”

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      “We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against what we say we believe to be military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities.”

      The important unsaid part needs to be in there. Whether an opponent actually puts military installations inside civilian locations or not (generally a bad move), this gives war criminals carte blanche to bomb whatever they feel like.

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        27 days ago

        Not sure it’s helpful to imagine words that were not said, but that still a warning not a threat.

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    26 days ago

    Blowing up the Brits is a nice olive branch, but I think we’ll need more commitment if we want a lasting peace deal

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    26 days ago

    So the UK thought they could support western provided missiles launched into Russia, and there wouldn’t be any consequences for that?

    Western leaders really have the attitude of children who think war is something that happens on tv.