To be concerned about a war?

So the EU have failed and as a result the rest of us will have to pay up! There will be a €90 billion loan to Ukraine financed by joint debt to keep Ukraine solvent. Putin laughing once again!

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-mocks-ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-backs-frozen-asset-loan-ukraine-summit/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-frozen-assets-europe-ukraine-war-b2886806.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2025/12/13/frozen-russian-assets-and-the-moment-of-truth-for-the-world-order/

Oh, right, those prisons which are famously safe from aerial attacks. Right.

We're in this together one way or another.

If the EU can't push through the use of frozen Russian assets today then we will all have to fit the bill. Warmongering is an easy way for the government to scare us about the worst case scenario to then say well let's fund Ukraine to carry on doing it instead in the hope of less opposition to huge tax rises etc to fund it.

I think we will see a civil uprising before we see a war with Russia.

Which is why there’ll be no option to go to prison this time

Do enlighten us as to what you think would have happened if people hadn't gone to fight in WWI and WWII.

Thats an old and ridiculous argument, used against conscientious objectors in WW1. That was another pointless mass slaughter of the young. We needed more objectors not less.

Hopefully our current generation of young people won't be conned so easily to throw their lives away.

I will happily go to prison if it means me or family don't have to die on the say so of Keir Starmer ot Ursula von der Leyen.

How about you? Are you measuring your kids for their uniforms already?

Perhaps the government will stage something to kick it all off 🤔 😉

There's a bigger chance of me seeing pigs fly outside of my window than Russian attack drones. Currently; the enemies I'm more worried about aren't the Russians but the ones who occupy the Palace of Westminster.

What a ridiculous statement
Precisely, because I’m a mother, I’m prepared to stand up for the safety of all children.
My kids are nearly adults which probably puts three of them at least in the category of being raped as is the preferred weapon of invading armies is usually so would their brother stand up and fight for them? Yes he bloody well would and I expect your boys to too. Especially the ones that are out painting roundabouts and complaining about foreigners or here’s their chance to show us

@Sparron would you not protect your home/yourself and your children if drones attacked you?

For everyone who thinks nothing of throwing their lives away, here is a handy link where you can sign up to fight in Ukraine.

Perhaps Starmer and Macron can volunteer first?

Sign up to fight in Ukraine

The scaremongering is punishment for the migrant protests and digital id protests. It's so nice of them to do it the week before Christmas as well 😂 they can't fucking leave us be whilst we struggle to afford food, central heating, gifts, all whilst fighting the flu.

Bunch of bastards. I hope they all choke on their turkey 😂

Are you actually a Mother?

Hi and yep, agreed.

Also maybe worth bearing in mind CDS has only been in post maybe 3 months, so is very much a Keir Starmer approved appointee.

It’s the same in American forces. General officers are very attuned to the political climate and very rarely speak publicly about matters of public concern unless they have been asked to do so.

That's all well and good, but all I can offer as someone who also served as an officer for a while but never got even close to 1 star is that IMHO it would still be completely wrong to characterise Sir Richard's comments as being a case of a very senior miltary officer going off on one....

Senior Officers don't get to 4 or 5 star level without being very aware of what's on message and what they are required say, and most especially for the CDS they are very much required be on the same page as number 10...

I dated an officer who was an engineer who'd been to military six form, engineering degree sponsored by the army, so similar to Sir Richard who was military cadets at uni then straight into his military career.

The guy i was with was only late 20s and was military through and through, even at that age. Sir Richard had another 3 decades military exposure than that.

He's military, which is why he has the job he has, and is why i shall remain sceptical.

FWIW Sir Richard Knighton has come in for some criticism from some quarters because he's a very atypical Chief of the Defence Staff..

Sure he's a lifelong career officer but his background is engineering, not in one of the roles with teeth.

That said once people rise to that level they have become very politically astute, and he won't have gone off piste, his comments will have been in line with the thinking in Downing Street.

I honestly can't see anyone agreeing to fight the Russians, apart from perhaps some bloodthirsty meatheads who'd never normally get the chance to kill someone.

The government will have to come up with an alternative narrative to wind us all up.

There have been wars throughout human history so it's not unreasonable to think there will be another one...
But sir Richard knightons entire adult life, career and identity is military (war...for want of a better word), his perspective of things is going to be massively biased based on this.

You should ALWAYS be concerned about war. Peace is a privilege.

Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with you or me or anyone here.
Ultimately it comes down to world leaders and their whims.
Oh sure, you could argue that the people are the ones who voted these particular leaders into power and they typically don't act against the desires of their citizens but we all know that's not actually true.
Not in some countries, the ones that are most warlike.

Yeah. You should be concerned.

Just shoot 'em, eh? Whatever happened to 'my body, my choice'. You seem to think that the warmongers 'own' us and can send our offspring off to be killed and maimed, but you might find that there is a fair bit of resistance to that notion. Did you also believe the lies and propaganda about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction?