Andrew/Boris/Novak

I'm pretty sure djokovic was going to sit out the Australian open originally but I'm guessing the open would have said in private you need to get there.

I don't see how he can be anymore of a health risk if he tested negative and you can still catch covid if you are vaccinated

logikal • January 16, 2022 8:47 AM GMT
I'm pretty sure djokovic was going to sit out the Australian open originally but I'm guessing the open would have said in private you need to get there.

Srdjan imo.

Sorry edy didn't understand Srdjan?

I'm pretty sure djokovic was going to sit out the Australian open originally

yes he's certianly acted like someone who didn't really want to play in the event

AT the reports I was seeing a few months ago were of uncertainty whether he would be there.

I don't think for a second that Djokovic has got on a plane without speaking to the tournament organisers and border officials giving him and his legal team the all clear and assurances he would be fine to get the visa and play.

Of course once he was there he was going to fight it and try and stay there to win the tournament.

Srdjan Djokovic - the father of Novak Djokovic.

Ah okay thanks edy

If it was Prince Andrew it would be B N P

Boris Johnson is reportedly potless.

Which rules are you claiming don't apply to prince andrew ? Innocent until proven guilty ?

.https://twitter.com/MartinDaubney/status/1482282434993565702?cxt=HHwWjMC9qa2BkJIpAAAA

rules is rules, just doing their job....

Can't believe Daubney refers to a 46 year old as an "elderly lady". That's incredibly rude.

Let herself go a bit but still a spring chicken.

I think it's fair to say Novak earned his money mate

and he did follow the rules

kneejerk hatred of the rich

chip on the shoulder mate?

Jocko was only there to knock a ball about for a few weeks, not much of a threat to anybody.

That's what the people at the US Open thought until he viciously knocked a ball right at the throat of a lineswoman.

Hawke didn't bring that up edy

He should have.

You're the tennis expert, Etienne, please tell us who will win.

Well Medvedev of course.

Thanks. I thought he was a Russian politician and not very tall but I just looked up the prices and I see is playing and the favourite to boot. I don't know how tennis works but I'll put my £2 on him anyway.

Nothing to do with how tennis works Foinavon. Russia are about to invade!

foin, he won the US open, the last grand slam event

beat our novak in the final

Did No Vaxx throw the game so Russia would not invade Serbia?

Not worried about the Ruskies, only reclaiming what was theirs. They won't be coming for us if we don't annoy them.

My bet should be safe then Beppe, thanks. Why is he 2/1 if he's going to win?

I'll send you half the winnings Beppe, £1-80 so a nice bit. I'll round it up to €2.

If he wins!

Yes, there's always that. Don't be so pessimistic, didn't we all make a killing on the Ashes? A nice green top this last game saw an early bank day.

Russia would never invade Serbia

on the contray Russia has repeatedly tried to proetct Serbia over the years

thanks mate might go to Spoons and see if i can get a pint for that

For over a century in fact.

Russia doens't want to invade Ukraine, they just dont want US bases there

Biden is so ****g thick he's going to start WW3 over this

Biden is so senile he'll wonder what all the noise is if he does

That is the problem. After reading another thread i was left wondering whether Kim bong bonkers was more or less a threat to world peace than brain dead Brandon. A bit of a toss up perhaps.

I hope Biden is bluffing and seeking concessions because there is no way Russia will back down over this

Russia WILL invade Ukraine if that is the only option left to them

"The only option left" is a very subjective matter.

i.e you can always manufacture an "only option left" to justify your own aggression.

Ukraine should be "Finlandised"

like Finland during the cold war

both blocs stay out

eduardo

what would the US do if Mexico or Canada became an "ally" of Russia?

would the US allow Russian bases in Mexico?

1972

Mexico joins the Warsaw Pact

Nixon "I have no problem with this"

I think it's unlikely the USA would invade Mexico.

Just like it's unlikely that the US will invade Russia, or otherwise engage in a direct military confrontation, if Russia decides to invade the Ukraine yet again.

edy • January 16, 2022 5:38 PM GMT
I think it's unlikely the USA would invade Mexico.

Most of Mexico is currently invading the USA

Russia should get over their E-G-Os and just join NATO really.

you think the US would allow Russia to build military bases in Mexico?

they tried to join NATO in the 1990s and were rejected

I didn't say that. The US would obviously ruin Mexico's economy beyond anyone's imagination if there are hints that Mexico is going to allow Russia to build bases there.

But militarily invade they would not.

Russia and NATO really don't have many competing interests

Russia just wants to be left alone and to sell its oil and gas

China is a far bigger threat to the west

Maybe also help a US friendly military dictator into office, depending on the exact circumstances.

"The US would obviously ruin Mexico's economy beyond anyone's imagination if there are hints that Mexico is going to allow Russia to build bases there. "

Russia can't do that to Ukraine

Well, tough luck for Russia then.

Jan 16, 2022 -- 5:47PM, Giuseppe wrote:

Russia and NATO really don't have many competing interestsRussia just wants to be left alone and to sell its oil and gasChina is a far bigger threat to the west

Yeah, so Russia needs to stop pretending like NATO is a big threat to them in order to justify their own expansionist ambitions.

America would not allow any pro-soviet states in the americas

they supported an invasion of Cuba (bay of pigs)

they intervened in many countries, directly and indirectly

It's not the 60s anymore though.

do you think it is reasonable to ask Russia to accept Ukraine as a NATO member?

they inavded Grenada in the 1980s

do you think the US has intervened in Venezuela over the last 10 years or so?

Ukraine is not a NATO member.

If you don't attack NATO, you don't have to fear their wrath anyway.

it is moving in that direction

Blinken is already referring to them as an "ally"

you don't need to be a member of NATO to host US bases

Kosovo?

is it in Germany's national interests for the US to have bases in Ukraine?

Details...

If you aren't being a meanie, you don't have to fear the wrath of NATO anyway.

was Kosovo a member of NATO?

why is the US still in Syria by the way?

Putin is not worried about NATO he is worried about the US

Jan 16, 2022 -- 5:58PM, Giuseppe wrote:

is it in Germany's national interests for the US to have bases in Ukraine?

Germany will be the first country to choice for everyone to turn into a nuclear waste land one way or another. Doesn't really matter.

Putin has showcased indefensible hypersonic nuclear warhead carrying rockets. Nobody is going to attack Russia, regardless of where anyone has any bases.

Three NATO countries, probably ones with US bases, are bordering Russia already anyway and suddenly Ukraine, without them even having bases, is meant to be the huge problem and security risk for Russia in the age of intercontinental nuclear rockets?

"Putin has showcased indefensible hypersonic nuclear warhead carrying rockets. Nobody is going to attack Russia, regardless of where anyone has any bases. "

you could say the same about the US

so why are they doing this?

"Three NATO countries, probably ones with US bases, are bordering Russia already anyway and suddenly Ukraine, without them even having bases, is meant to be the huge problem and security risk for Russia in the age of intercontinental nuclear rockets? "

Ukraine is a much bigger country

Ukraine is central to Russian security

Jan 16, 2022 -- 6:13PM, Giuseppe wrote:

"Putin has showcased indefensible hypersonic nuclear warhead carrying rockets. Nobody is going to attack Russia, regardless of where anyone has any bases. "you could say the same about the USso why are they doing this?

Doing what exactly? The threat of sanctions towards Russia if they take more parts of the Ukraine? To deter Russia from doing so.

they are integrating Ukraine into western military structures

this is as provocative as Russia doing the same in Mexico

edy you are mixing cause and effect here

Russia took Crimea AFTER the maidan revolution

Russia took Crimea BECAUSE OF the maidan revolution

Russia took Crimea because they were worried they would lose the Sevastopol naval base if Ukraine moved closer to NATO

Foinavon • January 16, 2022 4:59 PM GMT
Not worried about the Ruskies, only reclaiming what was theirs. They won't be coming for us if we don't annoy them

1938 rief an. es will seinen "post"

was Britain building militray bases in Poland or Czechoslovakia?