Both videos are ostensibly about what the Russians could do to the United Kingdom, their hated NATO enemy. Ireland is just collateral damage.
One of largest deployments since Cold War
How does even the most optimistic Russian think that a war against a much larger, and better-equipped NATO might proceed, at the same time as the Ukrainian front is stalled?
The most recent polls indicate that 2/3s of voters still support neutrality
Putin’s definition of “victory” in Mariupol is a strange one:
“If our hand is forced…take note it wasn’t us who proposed this.”
There are now only two possible outcomes: A negotiated settlement in which Ukraine retains its independence, and present government, or a long, drawn out, bloody war. Both outcomes will represent a humiliation for Moscow.
With his domestic approval rating now in the 30s, it’s probably more likely than not that Biden won’t even bother seeking re-electio
The real debate in Ireland then is not between “neutrality” on the one hand and “NATO” on the other: it is about what the word “neutrality” means
But Putin invaded
Is there some optimism beginning to emerge?
Disturbing number of people appear happy to risk prospect of nuclear war