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Starmer Says ‘Ready’ to Deploy British
Troops ‘In Harm’s Way’ in Ukraine
Against Russia

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Posted By: Imright, 2/17/2025 9:50:13 AM

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer declared his willingness to deploy British troops to Ukraine “in harm’s way” to deter Russian aggression hours before he is set to join an ’emergency summit’ on the matter in Paris on Monday. The United States and Russia are meeting to discuss the Ukraine war in Saudi Arabia this week, but European leaders have not been invited to send delegations. Apparently prompted by being left behind in this regard, and likely too by the Trump White House’s suggestion that European nations actually decide what they are actually capable of doing on Ukraine, European leaders are meeting in Paris today for an “emergency summit”.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: stablemoney 2/17/2025 10:00:54 AM (No. 1897824)
Starmer, Macron, and Scholz can fight the Ukraine war --- without American troops or American taxpayer money. Trump exposed them, just the way he has exposed all the corruption in DC. It was all about Europe and their access to resources from the start, America just a stooge to pay for it all.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: jhpeters2 2/17/2025 10:08:43 AM (No. 1897831)
We have all heard this pop hit before. It was a European hit with a bullet in 1914. In 1939 it rang out again with a larger chorus. But for me I don't find dancing with an old socialist floozie in the throws of war a very good date. But thats just me.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: paral04 2/17/2025 10:14:20 AM (No. 1897836)
The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for a long time. Why is the UK so eager to jump in now?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 2/17/2025 10:15:03 AM (No. 1897837)
Is Starmer going, or just sending other people's sons?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Quigley 2/17/2025 10:16:09 AM (No. 1897838)
To quote EYEgore in Young Frankenstein: "He's going to be very popular."
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Reply 6 - Posted by: billa57 2/17/2025 10:38:14 AM (No. 1897853)
This has always been a European problem. One Eastern Bloc nation vs. another. If Western European nations want to get involved so be it. We are no longer stupid enough to spend hundreds of billions of US taxpayer dollars on your problems. By the way, pay us back for all of the money we have already spent. We'll tack it on to your tariffs bill.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: VirtuDawg 2/17/2025 10:50:27 AM (No. 1897856)
The UK still has an Army?? Who knew?!!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: BarryNo 2/17/2025 11:08:22 AM (No. 1897869)
If the soldiers were wise they would march on Parliament and take Starmer and his cronies into custody. Do they want what's coming? Islamization? Sharia courts? Honor killings? Britain used to be free. I shudder to think what Churchill would think of it now! Britain, be free!!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Tusker 2/17/2025 11:32:57 AM (No. 1897890)
Starmer is insane. Outfit this idiot in a straight jacket and file away in the asylum of most availability.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: bighambone 2/17/2025 11:52:57 AM (No. 1897907)
No doubt the British Army is efficient and very well trained. But the problem is that over many years its manpower numbers have been continuously reduced and now stands at about 75,000. So if the UK were to send a substantial part of the British Army to Eastern Ukraine, they would have very little reserves remaining in the UK to rotate the initial force sent to Ukraine, or to intervene if a kinetic situation were to arise in North Central Europe involving a Russian military attack there. The numbers of the British Army have essentially been reduced to essentially the same manpower level as during the start of the First World War when the German enemies of that day referred to the British Army as being “that contemptible little army”.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: sw penn 2/17/2025 12:06:34 PM (No. 1897917)
When you have killed off all the gingers, who's going to pay the taxes to support all the "vibrant diversity"?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: anniebc 2/17/2025 12:27:42 PM (No. 1897943)
Who?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: starsNstripes 2/17/2025 12:49:03 PM (No. 1897959)
This would be a bit of a trap for the U.S., that is, unless the U.S. is open to the idea of leaving NATO. With the NATO countries putting forces on the ground in Ukraine, Putin could decide to attack their homeland (UK, Germany, France) with a missile or two. At that point, Article 5 could be invoked forcing military support from all other NATO countries. If the U.S. refused to help (with troops or $$), we would essentially be saying we no longer wish to partake in NATO. Ipso Facto no more NATO for the U.S.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 2/17/2025 12:51:20 PM (No. 1897962)
These clowns are trying to drag the US into a war with Russia. The purpose is to weaken the US. We should let them get their butts kicked. Trump is holding out a path for peace. The fight that Starmer wants to fight is going to be a loser for all involved and Ukraine will be left a bombed out hole and Europe financially ruined. Russia is not likely to come out any better. The worst case is that one of these losers, in final despiration, triggers off a nuclear war. It's insane. Besides that, we need to be rebuilding our military to protect ourselves as necessary.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: jimincalif 2/17/2025 1:14:17 PM (No. 1897977)
European wars have been going on since forever, they’d fight til they were out of young men to slaughter, call a truce, redraw the borders where they stopped, and go home to breed the next generation of cannon fodder. Then do it all again. What changed in “The War to End All Wars” is the U.S. came in on one side and changed the balance of power, leading to Germany’s humiliation, then Hitler, Nazism, WWII, the holocaust, the soviets getting Eastern Europe, the cold war, the creation of Israel, etc. So we’ve been stuck with the “if you break it you own it” results ever since. George Washington’s admonition to avoid foreign entanglements seems prescient in hindsight. While it’s not feasible for the U.S. to simply retreat from the world stage, if we can draw any historical lessons at all, we should stay out of European wars.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Venturer 2/17/2025 1:30:43 PM (No. 1897983)
The Brits are ready to send in troops?? They will end up like the troops N. Korea sent to Russia.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: preciosodrogas 2/17/2025 4:20:16 PM (No. 1898061)
This is not a NATO matter. There has not been an attack on a member country. I'm tired of these NATO wars. It's time to assert reason into this situation. We can ill afford a war; we are $37 T in debt. Our military has been shredded with substandard training, and have been maltreated. ($$151 M for soldiers goes missing and the soldiers have had to make do. The Navy has had to fired over 12 such captains in 2024 (first half. There is no reason to start a war with Russia. There is no lawful ground for getting involved. And I don't think NATO will go it alone. Instead they will, like they do, drag us into it and then leave us holding the bag. Withdraw our troops from Europe. We contribute significantly to their economy and those troops would be better used elsewhere - like our borders.
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