Quote Originally Posted by Twonkybot View Post
Quite serious in that an articulated lorry tried to write me off but I've been VERY lucky and now just have a residual hip problem, but a bit of pain and immobility is better than being dead in my book! LOL

Most of the threads here in the UK are pretty much against the US and those in our own government who have decided to try and speak for us. I think there is still a residual mistrust of Putin himself but William Hague definitely DOESN'T speak for the masses here.

It's quite comical that the US called the Russian Federation land grabbers. We have a saying here in the UK 'pot calling the kettle black' which fits our view of it all quite well.
It's awesome that you survived that! Never trust huge trucks. I got slammed by a small truck last year but it only knocked me into someone's yard and I wasn't hurt. It was like flying, lol. Still kinda scary and I lost my bike.

It's important to remember who's pushing the foreign policies in the west... the governments. There are people here that don't agree with what the US is doing in Ukraine (including me and my family) but nobody in Washington DC would ever listen to us. They only listen to other politicians and huge corporations.
Btw, you're right about the land grabbing thing. All the US land grabbing and invasions keeps a lot of people nervous here. I mean yeah, there are times when the US has to defend it's interests but I don't get how the US could have any really important interests in Ukraine, Iraq, Iran, or Syria. It just doesn't click and I haven't seen anything in the media that really explains it. Also, I don't like the idea of "world police". Why should it be our responsibility to police the world? I think the world would be better if it just policed itself.