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Originally Posted by jambutty
GB had a covenant with Poland to go to the country’s aid should Poland be invaded. It was and we did. Most people in GB accepted that we had to honour our obligation but the rush to volunteer was not as great as when WWI broke out. Once bitten, twice shy. Hence the conscription.
We had no such treaty with Iraq, Afghanistan or Georgia or, as far as I am aware, with any other country. The possible exception being the EU countries.
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No agreements and no international commitments ..so again we just use diplomatic language to "persude" the Russians to not attack i'ts nieghbours.. Russia is on the move to take back the territory they lost when the Berlin wall came down.. they were left with with a raggy army and a struggling economy..but not so these days.. the Russians have always had the attitude to fight on no matter the hardship.
To control such a vast nation has resulted time after time in either a tyranical royal family or a tyranical political movement..the results are usually the same.. such a massive country will always feel it is in their interest to dominate the smaller economies that surrond them. The USA and Britian have taken a less violent approach in the last 200yrs ..I don't think Iraq is an attempt to take over a nation.. but Russia still takes the attitude that power and action will bring more resourses for Russia.. and they don't have anyone to confront them in the area.