Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
I think the anti Russia rhetoric from the UK, EU and USA is a bit over the top. The language being used is best for the playground.Whatever happens it isn't going to directly affect all these tin pot politicians [Denmark's foreign minister is the latest !], so they threaten Armageddon whilst hiding 1000's of miles away.
Meanwhile the West handed over Afghanistan to militants, and China has all but completed it's control over the west - a fact which they know, and can't do anything about because they let it happen.
Putin is in the position that he can never not be the president of Russia without being in jail or killed, so their every action is about consolidating his grip on power.

the west have been far too soft on Putin for too long.
I do not want to see a war, but the west definitely need to stand up to him