Nato chief Mark Rutte warns UK must spend more on defence or ‘learn to speak Russian’
Posted by johnlilburne on June 10, 2025, 11:56 am
"I mean, what I know is that if we want to keep our societies safe... look, if you do not do this, if you would not go to the 5%, including the 3.5% core defence spending, you could still have the National Health Service, or in other countries their health systems, the pension system, etcetera, but you had better learn to speak Russian."
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While he said the "exact details are classified", Mr Rutte said there needed to be a 400% increase in air and missile defence.
He said Russia could be ready to use force against Nato within five years.
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Sir Keir called Nato the "cornerstone of our defence" and the "most effective military alliance the world has ever seen",
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Posted by Keith-264 on June 10, 2025, 12:26 pm, in reply to "(no subject)"
Apparently the board doesn't read Cyrillic. It needs a tolchock in the pan-handle.The last working-class hero in England. Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021 Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025
Oh FFS! spasibo tovaritsch
Posted by Keith-264 on June 10, 2025, 12:27 pm, in reply to "(no subject)"
It wouldn't accept Cyrillic even with the Latin characters added.The last working-class hero in England. Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021 Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025
nmThe last working-class hero in England. Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ??? - 4 November 2021 Georgina the cat ???-4 December 2025
Many Palestinian’s learn Hebrew, all Chinese learn English, what is the actual problem?
The very best thing Europeans could do for their own economies would be to learn some Russian and mandarin
Europeans learning the language of Untermenschen? Seems unlikely. Most Europeans learn English as a matter of course because that is the current lingua franca, so to speak. But learning Russian/Mandarin .. don't be silly : ). I am urging my son to get to grips with Mandarin .. he already speaks Russian, so no worries there. Lavrov spoke of 'inertia' which can be also applied to these cultural issues ..
on June 10, 2025, 11:56 am