UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss riding a Challenger 2 tank near the Russian border near Tallinn, Estonia, last month

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  1. It’s like we learned nothing in the last 2000 years…

    I do wonder if all those that champion for some glorious throwdown in the east are willing to lead from the front.

  2. I wonder when Estonia is actually going to take care of their own land’s defense ? Seems they have outsourced everything to NATO (air, land & sea defense)…

  3. Truss is weird, she’s got basically 0 presence amongst the general public, but [is bizarrely popular with Tories](https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2021/11/our-cabinet-league-table-johnson-is-back-in-negative-ratings.html). If Boris gets ousted (which seems like a plausible possibility at the moment), there’s a very good chance she’ll win the leadership election and become PM despite being a bit of a nobody. She also used to be a republican, so it’ll be odd if we have a Tory republican leader (though I assume she may have changed her opinion, or will definitely keep it quiet if she hasn’t).

    [Also, bonus disgrace cheese video.](https://youtu.be/n_wkO4hk07o?t=63)

  4. I am fine with somewhat X-POV biased news reports on r/europe (every nation/union has their bias based on interests), but this is a substance-less propaganda photo op.

    edit: ~~EU-POV~~ X-POV
    Since my comparison was meant to be “biased news report” vs. “sheer propaganda” and some of you really want to wrongly infer things I didn’t imply in the first place.

  5. I will never understand the average British politicians need to climb into a tank or take a photo op on a ship.

    I say this with the experience of someone who had to stand in parade for 90 minutes waiting for MICHEL FUCKING PORTILLO ! to inspect my sub when he was Minister of Defence.

  6. Interesting tidbit: The UFO in the top right corner was sent by our reptilian friends for additional protection of the UK Foreign Secretary.

  7. When [insert any dictator or semi dictator] does it: grrrrrr classic [insert ethinc group], warmongering bastards! Down with them!

    When we do it: so based! What a strong leader! That will show them!

  8. If I was the cameraman and a Challenger starts to point its main gun at me, I’d just fucking bolt.

  9. Not to sound like a Russofile but the uk and by extensions the US are doing such provoking things on their border while they accuse the Russians of military exercises in their border. I mean just imagine what would happen if the tables were turned and Russia send tanks to Ireland or Mexico.

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