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>Better to stay out of that game The Russians are making incursions into Irish waters and airspace, it's just a brute fact. So either they play the game, or Br
by _dain_ 10mo ago
>Better to stay out of that game
The Russians are making incursions into Irish waters and airspace, it's just a brute fact. So either they play the game, or Britain plays it for them. They don't get to sit aloof above it all, that's not how reality works.
They are a protectorate in all but name, it's disgraceful.
- AlexandrB 10mo agoCanada is in a similar situation. A lot of high-minded talk about peacekeeping and neutrality, but constantly benefitting from being implicitly protected by US defence policy. The real test will come if/when Russia decides to challenge Canadian arctic sovereignty.