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(93,523 posts)dalton99a
(93,404 posts)Baitball Blogger
(52,070 posts)Grasswire2
(13,849 posts)I'm still laughing at the Irish fishermen taking a gift of prawns when they went to meet with Russians.
It sound straight out of Monty Python.
"Well, first we took them prawns."
peggysue2
(12,482 posts)In Dublin, the Russian Embassy's entrance was doused in red paint.
Don't fire up the Irish; they'll come and get you. Remember the fishermen?
SWBTATTReg
(26,208 posts)protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russia, I strongly suspect, has walked into a minefield, and when stories of Russian war crimes come out (as in any conflict, these types of stories are bound to come out), this unilateral move by putin is going to get far costlier to Russian interests than originally imagined.
Ukraine was formerly part of the Soviet Union, and now Russian soldiers are fighting against their former compatriots, the Ukrainians, thus the bitterness being developed as we speak is going to last a very long time.
If we thought Afghanistan was bad for the Russians, I suspect Ukraine, with a deep understanding of Russian arms, techniques and knowledge, as well as the terrain, is going to provide a heavy and long-lasting resistance in the manner of IEDs, sniper attacks, and other things that an occupying military force will face.
Lovie777
(22,579 posts)smb
(3,598 posts)geardaddy
(25,392 posts)turbinetree
(27,361 posts)bluboid
(845 posts)Captain Zero
(8,846 posts)nt.
AllyCat
(18,720 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,704 posts)cab67
(3,682 posts)Fla Dem
(27,543 posts)
Wounded Bear
(64,114 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Good for them!
lefthandedskyhook
(1,177 posts)We STAND
SheltieLover
(79,382 posts)Cha
(318,211 posts)Peeps!
calimary
(89,592 posts)My adopted kin. One of my dads favorite sayings was Im as Irish as Paddys pig!
Cha
(318,211 posts)To Ireland Standing UP for Ukraine
bringthePaine
(1,806 posts)SunSeeker
(58,124 posts)RedSpartan
(1,766 posts)"Irishhhhh..."
geardaddy
(25,392 posts)Edward I was a right tosser.
RedSpartan
(1,766 posts)My good friend is decended from Robert the Bruce, so I've heard it all. LOL
geardaddy
(25,392 posts)Grasswire2
(13,849 posts)Disaffected
(6,345 posts)For an encore they should sic the Peaky Blinders on them.
Ford_Prefect
(8,562 posts)senior and junior and GRU staff. Close down the embassies and their satellite offices, and seal them. Same for Russian businesses associated with Putin and his pals. Do you recall how upset he was when they closed the residence on Long Island?
Putin doesn't accept the rules and niceties of diplomacy. Fine, let him drown in his own filth.
FakeNoose
(41,132 posts)... however I'm more than OK with evicting all the Oligarchs that have been buying up properties and businesses in the US and in Western European countries. They can fuck right off, and lose their stolen wealth as they get the hell out.
Ford_Prefect
(8,562 posts)If his ambassadors are sitting in Moscow telling him what a fool he's been he won't like it but he'll know they are telling him the truth.
If everyone shows him the boot and closes his connections to the West he's got no options left. IMO we need to raise the game abruptly and seriously. Putin counts on the world playing slow pitch when he can't handle the hardball stuff.
Nictuku
(4,621 posts)Pepsidog
(6,361 posts)Stuart G
(38,726 posts)Rural_Progressive
(1,107 posts)didn't seem to concerned with the well being of the vehicle or its occupants. Very nice to see as well.
H2O Man
(78,913 posts)It's my island.
shenmue
(38,595 posts)fucking with you.
hunter
(40,581 posts)... like a vacation almost.
Hah, hah, all those years of kissing up to Putin leads to this.
Upthevibe
(10,157 posts)Response to Grasswire2 (Original post)
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blue-wave
(4,869 posts)Let no war criminal, and that includes every Russian government official who supports the illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine, rest in peace.
We must have Nuremberg type trials when this is over.
TomSlick
(12,969 posts)The Irish know a tyrant when they see one.
Rhiannon12866
(253,604 posts)XacerbatedDem
(511 posts)BootinUp
(51,103 posts)Martin68
(27,468 posts)fightforfreedom
(4,913 posts)The whole dam world is turning against him.