Posted on 02/16/2025 4:31:20 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Keir Starmer has said he is prepared to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia, acknowledging it could put troops “in harm’s way” if Vladimir Putin launches another attack.
It is understood to be the first time the prime minister has explicitly stated he is considering deploying British peacekeepers to Ukraine. The comments came just before emergency talks with European leaders in Paris on Monday.
The leaders will aim to devise a strategy in response to Donald Trump’s push for a deal with the Russian president and to fears the US will reduce its defence commitments in Europe.
Starmer said the crisis was a “once in a generation moment” and an “existential” question for Europe.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, he said the UK was “ready to play a leading role” in Ukraine’s defence and security, including the commitment of £3bn a year until 2030.
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Go for it. We’re not going there. Europeans protecting other European’s what a concept?
The Charge of the Light Brigade
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
I
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns!” he said.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
II
“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
III
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the six hundred.
IV
Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered.
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right through the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reeled from the sabre stroke
Shattered and sundered.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
V
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volleyed and thundered;
Stormed at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell.
They that had fought so well
Came through the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
VI
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
Weird. The Russians gave up communism in 1991, and now the trotskyist/marxist British PM wants to put British troops on Russia’s border.
100% in support
Brilliant! WHAT could possibly go wrong?
On whose nickel, Two Tier Free Gear Keir?
Not ours.
Not anymore.
Human shields?
He may be the one that shuts down this Cold War relic - NATO.
Not that it did any good.
He can put his money where his mouth is.
Put them there now instead of expecting the US to do everything.
Peacekeepers my a$$….
European countries (UK included) are inept and the US has constantly had to bail them out with money and human lives.
Hitler gave orders for the Wehrmacht to turn back if the French shot at them, when the Nazis occupied the Rhineland in 1936, of course the French didn’t do a thing.
I’m sure King Charles is volunteering Harry.
They should do it. And they should fund it. They don’t need the US nor Trump for this. They were perfectly capable of handling this crap on their own in WW1 and WW2. Oh...wait.
Should never have gotten into WWI, Belgium wasn’t worth it.
I hope Trump tells him the US will not bail him out if UK troops are attacked.
NOT A SINGLE AMERICAN BOOT ON Ukraine’s soil! Not one single boot!!
If the war ends, what would the British be doing there?
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