Ireland drawn into 'new Cold War' as Vladimir Putin flexes muscles after Russian bombers

Belefast Telegraph ^ | 31 Jan 15 | Paul Melia, Ralph Riegel, Philip Ryan and Tom Brady

[elhombrelibre]

And here is a link that sums up Putin well.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/president-putin-is-a-dangerous-psychopath--reason-is-not-going-to-work-with-him-10015896.html

[GeronL]

The evil empire is back, and this is how they make “friends”

[elhombrelibre]

All of Europe is now “near abroad” for the Putin terrorists state.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Intercepted Russian bomber was carrying a nuclear missile over the Channel

[GeronL]

Maybe he is claiming all of Europe as part of Russia now, he has already said the former Soviet states are all really just a part of Russia.

[GeronL]

The RAF tracked them.... does Ireland not have its own jets?

[elhombrelibre]

I don’t think Ireland has fighter jets. They’re not in NATO; they have land forces, but I doubt if they have fighter aircraft.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[dfwgator]

Ireland sat out WWII.

[elhombrelibre]

Yes, they did. They’re a neutral nation, too. But like Sweden, they may have to assess that in view of Putin’s bullying.

[elhombrelibre]

Wow. Putin’s going to have to explain to a lot of Russian mothers what happened to their sons in Ukraine. A lot of his fans here at FReeRepublic forget that is an undeclared war being waged against a peaceful neighbor whose only crime is that they people there want to run their own nation without Putin’s interference.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Russian mother of seven accused of treason over Ukraine

[dfwgator]

I’m sure plenty of Irish would have loved to have been on Hitler’s side to get back at the English.

[Fred Hayek]

Ireland also has no real military to speak of. Their navy is some OPV’s that function the same as US Coast Guard vessels, and their air force is non-existent, again functioning the same as a coast guard.

[Fred Hayek]

There were some Irish who volunteered for the Royal Army in World War 2. Many were arrested upon return to Ireland.

[Terry L Smith]

dear geron,

Ireland was a declared neutrality in WW2!!!

They have their own ‘air service’, with one Grumman G3 jet. Everything else they have, has rotating blades, either facing forward, or facing up.

[bunkerhill7]

Ireland needs to be Dublin` down.

[GeronL]

That is actually kind of disconcerting.

[Terry L Smith]

dear geron,

What’s MORE disheartening, is that all those aircraft were purchased with the currently fashionable label:
‘previous owner’.

[GeronL]

lol.