Originally Posted by Toodoped
This long lasting conflict reminds me of the one in Bosnia which occurred during the 1990's and they wanted or hoped the conflict to go on for decades, meaning I personally also "smell" a lot of money coming from all types of weapons being sold from both sides or from every corner during the Russia/Ukraine conflict. These days lots of "enemies" are selling weapons to each other, but the problem is that the ordinary citizen is always the so-called "collateral damage". One French reporter recently said that sooner or later the people will rise against the "elite" and the whole world will burn. I agree with him since it comes from man who lives in country where most of the world's revolutions started from.


The Western elites are def to blame in the rise of Putin as well as Xi. But the alternative is a autocracy/dictatorship.


NATO chief urges European allies to boost weapons to wartime levels
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The secretary-general of NATO has warned that Europe must shift to wartime levels of weapons production in order to counter the threat from Russia. Jens Stoltenberg (pictured left) said that 'we need to reconstitute and expand our industrial base'to increase deliveries to Ukraine and refill weapons stocks. He pointed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine as proof that 'peace in Europe cannot be taken for granted'. Although he said NATO doesn't 'seek war' with Russia, 'we need to brace ourselves for potentially decades of confrontation'.

"The king is dead, long live the king!"