Now I suspect the retiring General who made comments about the return of UK conscription to ‘defend against Russia’ did so as an act of sour grapes. But the UK hasn’t been a country worth fighting for since the Blair era.
Not that the Russians are going to invade. Just think about it for a moment. Moscow is about 1600 miles from London. For an ‘invading’ army the geographical and logistical challenges are effectively insuperable.
Think about what’s between the Russian border and the English channel? Huge open plains, swamps, hills and mountain ranges. Vulnerable all the way to flank attacks on the supply train of an army of less than three million, which will be shrinking with every defended kilometre.
In warfare, it is a truism that territory costs lives. A quick browse through the stats from the old Soviet invasion of eastern Europe in WWII. The old Soviet regime lost around 8.7 million of their military to flatten the Nazi’s of that time. With the aid from the USA and entire British Empire.
No, I believe Vlad Putin has read his history. He knows he simply hasn’t the population or resources to ‘invade’ Europe. At least not for some considerable time. In addition the Russki’s are fighting mostly defensive actions on well defended lines like the Germans in WW1, soaking up mass infantry assaults and drone attacks but inflicting massive casualties in the process, drawing attacking forces into carefully planned killing zones. However, this is where the globalist elites want to throw the next generation, and the generation after that.
Not to ‘defend’ any of the European nations, but to turn a crooked buck for the lobbyists and politicians. Even though the Russians won’t be coming. Unless of course NATO keep prodding the bear and Russia is forced into full mobilisation.
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