Comments by "Billy Bob" (@davidrobertsemail) on "Ukraine: What can UK's self-propelled AS90 howitzers offer?" video.

Giving 30 of these away leaves another gap in our defense. We have the money to defend Ukraine but not to replace or upgrade what we have.
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@Ukraineaissance2014 that’s an emotional argument. The fact remains we are stripping our already stripped military to defend a non NATO country.
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@Digmen1 what’s your point. We don’t need a military? I don’t need car insurance until I do either. It’s a fact our military is stripped to the bone. We have huge gaps in our defense and giving away gear that we need and aren’t going to replace is a bad idea.
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That upgrade was canceled
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@hicks30 defending Ukraine is not defending us. Not even in NATO. Bad politics led to Putin’s invasion and the west shoulders much of that blame. In the last 40 years we didn’t expect Argentina to attack and they did. In recent years we gave up our carriers and harriers only to need them six months later in Libya. Only now are we close to having a carrier force. (No ships to protect them though) You are right building up our military takes years even decades. That’s why defense cuts in the last 30 years have been so poorly thought out. Our military is already woefully inadequate and giving away what we have left leaves us I’m a terrible state. I’m all for Ukraine winning but let Europe fund it.
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@ricardosmythe2548 yes and maybe in ten years we will get a delivery of half of what we have now. We aren’t building any more tanks and the few we are upgrading are a long way off. The AS90 isn’t being replaced despite it being required so giving what we have away with nothing to fill it’s place is ridiculous.
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@robharris8844U they invaded in 2014 NATO is fine. Ukraine isn’t in NATO we are acting like it is. Germany should be arming Ukraine not us.
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@robharris8844U who’s ignoring it? My point stands. Europe should be paying and arming non NATO Ukraine. Sure we can help but at a much smaller scale. Sending kit and money we don’t have is bad for Britain. We aren’t replacing the tanks or the guns. We don’t have enough as it is.
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@robharris8844U don’t believe the media. The bigger threat is China and every day this war drags on we are getting weaker. The industrial military complex of the west is not prepared for a conflict with China. Supplying Ukraine only increases the chance of a war with China over Taiwan.
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@robharris8844U we don’t wNt nuclear war. Taiwan would be impossible to supply after the invasion started. Completely different to Ukraine. We should be arming Taiwan to prevent war. Instead we are depleting our stocks of everything and China knows that.
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@robharris8844U Taiwan is not in a good position to defend itself and China is getting stronger every day. If we are Taiwan now it could prevent a war. Instead we are arming Ukraine and depleting our stocks. Generals always fight the last war.
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@robharris8844U not nearly enough. Look at the numbers of stocks we are giving to Ukraine against a much less well armed Russia. Once China invades it will blockade Taiwan. Nothing will get it. They can’t last without resupply.
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