Should The Uk Be Sending Troops To Estonia's Border With Russia?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4325366/British-troops-tanks-armour-sent-Russian-border.html

[Zacs-Master]

Let's have an army to defend us....And then complain when they're deployed. Jesus.

[Samjenko]

They're not defending us, are they?

[anotheoldgit]

EDDIE51

/// This type of situation is precisely why it was formed, we are duty bound to give our full support to NATO when the USSR threatens Western Europe. ///

Do try and keep up to date, the USSR was officially dissolved 31 December 1991.

[Islay]

Isn't that what our young men do when they sign up - they agree to deploy to war zones and possible conflict areas.
You can't have an army and then complain when they are used!

[Zacs-Master]

Then what are they doing sammy?

[anotheoldgit]

Zacs-Master

Defending Estonia it would seem.

[Zacs-Master]

And by defending Estonia they are..........

Answers on a postcard please to 'Dept of deliberately being obtuse, AnswerBank towers, Cricklewood'

[Samjenko]

Defending Estonia. What do I win?

[Khandro]

Have we be threatened? It must be a news item I have missed.

[emmie]

no we haven't, they also deploying soldiers to Poland, why?

[Zacs-Master]

Sir Micheal Fallon ‘In the face of an increasingly assertive Russia, Nato is stepping up its commitment to collective defence.'

Helps to read the article.

[Khandro]

//Helps to read the article.//
It helps further to use your brains

[redvanman]

NO

[Zacs-Master]

Now now Khandro.

[Samjenko]

//Helps to read the article.//
'It helps further to use your brains'

I can see a slight problem there, Khandro.

[Gromit]

I posted this on here 6 months ago.

26th Oct 2016

// Estonia are now an EU member and member of NATO. It poses a threat to the Russian fleet at St. Petersburg in the Straits of Finland and to Russia gas pipelines. There is currently a huge build up of arms and troops by the west in Estonia, and could be the next flashpoint. //

For years Nato and the EU have been targeting Russia's Naval capability. The wars in Syria and Ukraine are both mostly about denying Russia sea access to the Black Sea and Mediterranean. Estonia, can block access to the Baltic sea.

[Zacs-Master]

crikey Gromit, don't go providing facts. It upsets sammy and his mates who would rather just throw insults around.

[Samjenko]

And you think Gromit's facts support your position?

[Zacs-Master]

There he goes again you see.

[Zacs-Master]

Do you not believe there is a reason for British forces to intervene sammy, given the evidence which Gromit has cited?