As Ian says- you are the one who first mentioned the left. I usually try to put "left" and "right" in commas because they really arent accurate in describing where a lot of people sit.
You probably need to try to be a little less arogant in your posting- suggesting I need to broaden my "media appetite" when you have little idea what media I follow- other than not reading tabloids for news, or watching the nonsense commentators on Sky.
I am then confused by your view on Putin- it is the West's fault that Putin is supposedly planning to respond to particular strikes with nuclear attacks?
And finally what does "climate change clap trap" mean- you dont believe the climate is changing? or you dont believe people are responsible? or you dont believe we should try to respond?
The climate is changing, as it always has. Its a *smile* question for the naive so they can run around yelling "follow the science, follow the science"! Here's a little secret for you Brodders. The science says what the money tells it to say.
On Russia, yes it is the west's fault. This is a war of the west's making. In the last week or so, NATO put out a statement saying that the former USSR was never promised that NATO wouldn't expand to the east, that it is a defensive organisation bla bla bla. Russia then this week produced the signed agreement fro mthe time which states clearly in black and white that the alliance would not expand one inch towards her borders.
We didn't like the USSR moving missiles into Cuba, yet we expect them to accept the same thing. All this talk from Blinken, Sullivan, Biden and on the other side Lidsay Grahan and Nikki Haley about Russia wanting to take over Europe is so rediculous it's not funny. They aren't even set up to do anything of the sort. They move artillery by rail which changes guage at their western border. They have virtually no nazy to speak of so they can't project power. How on earth would they maintain their supply lines in such an adventure? Yet this is what we are being told by a country with bases in every corner of the world.
Remember that king of the idiots Jusitn Trudeau introducing a Ukrainain war hero to his Parliament last year, and all and sundry standing and clapping this 'hero', only for old Jews to recognise him as a full on SS Nazi. Silly Justin didn't check to see which side old Yaroslav Hunka was fighting on. As we speak, Ukrainians with "88" on their sleeves (8 being the 8th letter of the alphabet "H" ie 88 meaning HH or Heil Hitler) and going around in groups terrorizing the Ukrainain citizenship, grabbing any males they can find off the street and throwing them into the front, dare they go themselves.
Then the families get the body back with the organs cut out. The ones that come back alive are even missing kidneys. That's the sort of country we are trowing money into to fight the Russians.
Lindsay Graham some time ago made theremark that the money theUS has spent has been their best investment ever as they arfe killing Russians and it hasn't cost one US life. That's an indication of how these elitists think of life. Thi is nothing to do with the Ukranian people. They don't give a flying "F" about the Ukranian population. The US will use every single Ukranian life they can to weaken Russia. In the meantime Blackrock is in buying up Ukranian recourse rich land for next to nothing. That's why here is a panic now from the west. The invstment is starting to look bad, because the war is going disasterously wrong for the west. Lindsay Graham even let the cat out of the bag last week about "Not letting Russia get their hands on all of the Ukranian resources"!
Thats all this is about Brodders, plundering the resources of the Ukraine for our own gain. Thats all anything is about for the elitists. It's a money laundering scheme from the public purse to the mega wealthy living in Georgetown Washington. Sort of like the whole climate change tripe. Andrew Forrest, that multi billionaire is hand out asking for OUR money for his hair brained hydrogen scheme. If it's such a good idea, why doesnt he invest his own money into it?
I'll attack politicians on both sides of the isle, as i have dont in this post. I'm not blinded by idiology. We destabilized the Ukraine and now their population is paying the price.
Look at the 86 billion dollars of weapons left behind in Afghanastan. Why do you think they were left there? Now in the hends of the Taliban, eventually they will want to use these shiny new toys. And who goes in to save the day? Thats right, the US tax payer, and we'll be dragged along for the ride. History keeps playing out the same way over and over and over.
