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Originally Posted by Osem
@ Kabaal - Military action would of course be a last resort but until the west is seen to have a credible plan for a prompt and painful response to acts like this all the pontificating in the word adds up to so much hot air. Who do our leaders think they're kidding? We don't believe they have the stomach for meaningful economic sanctions and neither does Putin. Until that changes he can be pretty sure that another land grab will go equally unpunished. What better way to encourage him to try?
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Play the long game. Germany should keep her nuclear power plants. Britain should build them and turn to shale gas. We then sell excess energy to Europe. Then we can cut Russia off and give Putin the cold war he seems to crave.