Perfidious Albion has become Perfidious Europe

Fighting President Pariah Putrid means, for me, playing fair with the man and, at the same time, acting on the climate emergency.  Therefore, before 24 Feb 2022, without it being called appeasement, could we not have removed our nukes from the former Soviet states, ended our military exercises in those former Warsaw Pact countries and even reassured Putrid that Ukraine would not be allowed to join NATO in the foreseeable future?

In the 1990s, could we not have dissolved NATO at the same time as the Warsaw Pact was dissolved at the instigation of Russia?  Oh, no.  That would be seen as weakness or, worse as appeasement.

So, instead, more and more of the Warsaw Pact members joined NATO.  Such provocation to our longstanding, no 1 sworn enemy should have been foreseen by all our Western politicians and NATO officers.  However, that kind of empathy and understanding for the other side's feelings is rare, especially among politicians and the military - and men, even  more so.

OUR SIDE ONLY EVER DEFENDS FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY

The constant repetition that NATO is only a defensive alliance and has no intention of attacking non-members is dishonest and inaccurate.  Over the years, attacks have been seen, even without UN agreement, from its member nations.

The constant cry of defensive weapons, only being sent to Ukraine is as deceptive as renaming the Secretary State for War as the Sec of State for Defence.

The frequent warnings to Russia that if they attacked would mean sanctions, did not warn of 'defensive' armaments being sent to Ukraine to boost their defence and to win their ultimate victory.  Such a policy is dishonest, misleading and unfair.

Individual NATO members have declared their intention to win the war with Russia's defeat and withdrawal of land occupied.  This ups the anti and means even more military assistance must be given to Ukraine to ensure their ultimate victory.

It also prolongs the war, prolongs the killings of Ukrainian and Russian alike and makes it even more difficult to stop the war without one side losing face.  Unconditional surrender of the enemy is the declared policy of both sides.  Without a full and transparently fair agreement and signatures, it means a longer war and one side ending up bitter and angry, as we saw from 1919.  That led to the 1945 World War.