All of this amounts to an enormous Russian humiliation. That, and that alone, is why he is now again bluffing about his willingness to use nuclear weapons.
Military neutrality.
Interesting times ahead.
Rising.
From 2015.
Even some bordering conflict.
The vastly more likely alliance for Ireland to join is, of course, an EU common defence.
Losing Crimea would be an enormous blow to the Russians. One they might feel constituted an attack on their territory.
Much more support among the elderly.
With EU treaty reform on the horizon, and moving quickly, the pressure on Ireland to, at the very least, join an EU common defence mechanism will soon be overwhelming.
‘Brutality; of war like Rwanda
No more neutrality.