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(6,342 posts) Tue Apr 29, 2014, 09:17 AM Apr 2014

Britain, France deploy jets near Ukraine [View all]

Source: 3news.co.nz

Britain and France have deployed eight fighter jets to reinforce NATO air patrols over the Baltics as tensions rise with Russia over Ukraine.

Four British Royal Air Force Typhoon fighters landed in Lithuania on Monday, while four French Rafale jets touched down in the northern Polish city of Malbork.

The move follows the arrival, also on Monday, of US troops in Estonia to round out the 600-man force sent by Washington to Poland and the Baltic.

British defence minister Philip Hammond said the UK deployment would "provide reassurance to our NATO allies in eastern Europe and the Baltic states".

Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/Britain-France-deploy-jets-near-Ukraine/tabid/417/articleID/341879/Default.aspx

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Britain, France deploy jets near Ukraine [View all] davidn3600 Apr 2014 OP

They are nuts...crazy..stupid, foolish..and idiotic.. Stuart G Apr 2014 #1

That's fine as long as in fairness we also ask why are the Russians looking totodeinhere Apr 2014 #2

Yes, they are indeed...........but....... Stuart G Apr 2014 #3

Lithuania and Poland are members of NATO geek tragedy Apr 2014 #4

So what??? Stuart G Apr 2014 #6

Russia would be doing to Lithuania the exact same thing it's doing geek tragedy Apr 2014 #7

Vladimir Putin, Russian Neocon:How Russia's president resembles the American hawks who hate him most pampango Apr 2014 #10

The last point is the most crucial. geek tragedy Apr 2014 #13

They aren't near the Russian/Ukrainian border, though. nt EmilyAnne Apr 2014 #18

There may now be only one way ballyhoo Apr 2014 #5

Does It Involve Gypsies, Sir? Or Just Jews.... The Magistrate Apr 2014 #41

Is something hotter here, say oil, than the media heaven05 Apr 2014 #8

We won�t invade Ukraine, Moscow pledges bemildred Apr 2014 #9

About as convincing as John Boehner's claim to be 'hell-bent' geek tragedy Apr 2014 #12

Seems better than threats of imminent invasion and jet-waving. bemildred Apr 2014 #14

Russian troops operating inside Ukraine seems, to me anyways, geek tragedy Apr 2014 #17

I always like it better if they are talking nice rather than making threats. bemildred Apr 2014 #19

you know at least as much as I. geek tragedy Apr 2014 #21

I find not going to war yet very encouraging. nt bemildred Apr 2014 #22

i view war as already having commenced in a low-intensity manner geek tragedy Apr 2014 #23

Low intensity war, propaganda war, sanctions war, etc.: are all better than real war. bemildred Apr 2014 #24

indeed but the question is where things go from here geek tragedy Apr 2014 #26

Which situation is ubiquitous, and still better than being Iraq or Syria or many others. bemildred Apr 2014 #28

but how long will it continue to be a source of conflict geek tragedy Apr 2014 #31

You got me. bemildred Apr 2014 #32

individual and collective reason diverge from one another geek tragedy Apr 2014 #34

Just pointing out that it is hard to reason about something when you can't agree on any premises. bemildred Apr 2014 #38

reason has its limits in an unreasonable world nt geek tragedy Apr 2014 #39

Yeah, and that's what I'm saying, we are there. bemildred Apr 2014 #40

Well, Russia has gotten pretty much everything it wanted, the only geek tragedy Apr 2014 #42

You Are Right, Sir, About Who Would Be Dominant In A China To Russia 'Marriage' The Magistrate Apr 2014 #33

better a surrender in private than a public display of humility think some nt geek tragedy Apr 2014 #35

True, Sir, They Do, But In Fact, the Former Stings Longer.... The Magistrate Apr 2014 #36

Russia tends to be about 50 years behind its counterparts geek tragedy Apr 2014 #37

There Is Something To That, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #25

ay there's the rub geek tragedy Apr 2014 #27

Those Are The Right Words, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #15

Britain, US seek stolen Ukraine assets bemildred Apr 2014 #11

I Do Like The Financial Skullduggery Being Floated, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2014 #16

Russia won't invade Ukraine because mikeyDE Apr 2014 #20

Jingo politics is popular anywhere you go. bemildred Apr 2014 #29

It Is An Old Stand-By, Sir... The Magistrate Apr 2014 #30