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DavidDvorkin

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Mon Aug 25, 2025, 04:14 PM Aug 2025

Strictly speaking, JDVance is correct about WWII ending through negotation

The Allied negotating position was Unconditional Surrender and those left in control of the Axis countries at the end -- minimal, in Germany; revolutionary in Italy; stunned in Japan -- agreed.

That's exactly the kind of negotiating Putin has in mind.

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Strictly speaking, JDVance is correct about WWII ending through negotation (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Aug 2025 OP
VAnce or whoever he calls himself is a know nothing boob that advanced through the system by pure luck. Klarkashton Aug 2025 #1
Luck and connections. DavidDvorkin Aug 2025 #2

Klarkashton

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1. VAnce or whoever he calls himself is a know nothing boob that advanced through the system by pure luck.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 04:18 PM
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