True to form.

As demanded by Uncle Sam, Morrison has expressed his total outrage with Russia. The fool stopped short of committing Australia's "last man, and last shilling" to the protection of our great sovereign allie Ukraine. That will come later.

Armchair Critic,

You unfortunately don't have a clue about Crimea, the
Ukraine, or Putin.

But that's allright. You're not the only clueless one.
Unfortunately you have never experienced a totalitarian
regime or what life would be like under one. I speak
from the experiences of my family. And today - "Ruskie
Go Home!" still applies.
ask any Ukrainian or any of their neighbours.

You want to parachute me into the front lines?

Really?

Well aren't you a charmer! A mental midget with an IQ of
a fence post - but you're not my problem.
So you can blow your comments out of your arse - and
bugger off! You stupid ignorant dim-wit!

cont'd ...

Armchair Critic,

Or as my gran would say:

"Don't take any notice of him - he's a
'durak' , a 'slaboumnyy!

Mentally deficient! A moron!

Individual,

Re 'like the 1930s' - I saw a discussion suggesting that back then, if the poobahs had read Hitler's 'Mein Kampf', which clearly spelt out his ideas, WW2 could have been avoided. A new book spelling out China's intenions is now available, and that too will go unread by our gormless "betters".

I don't think that Ukraine will be a flashpoint. It's not in the EU, it's not in NATO, and its mores and rationale are no better than Russia's. I doubt very much that the US will commit; they more concerned about another Cold War with Putin. And, Russia can turn off gas to so many European countries that they have to be very careful.

Hi Foxy,

I can see where you are coming from, Putin is a despot, and not to be trusted. Our far right brigade see Putin as a despot alright, but he's their despot, and that's important from their way of thinking. As I said, they must have fallen over with shock, when Putin started playing footsy with Xi of China. How can it be they ask, we'll Putin and Xi are two peas in the same pod.

In this I'm not pro Russia, or pro America, I'm pro PEACE. Too many losers in war.

Dear Paul,

We're all pro peace. As are the European countries that make
up NATO. Putin started this incident with the amassing of
Russian troops around the Ukraine. It was only after Putin
did this that NATO sent its troops to the borders to send
a message to Putin that they will not allow him to invade
the Ukraine as he did with Crimea. NATO is only there to
protect the Ukraine from invasion as well as the other former
occupied territories by Russia.

Russia cannot be allowed to do as it pleases in the region.
It will send the wrong message to China.

Standing up to tyrants is the only way to maintain peace.
Or else we shall all end up on the ash heap of history.