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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Feb 23, 2022, 09:26 PM Feb 2022

The UK defense secretary boasted of British troops defeating the Russians about 170 years ago and sa

said they 'can always do it again'

UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Tsar Nicholas I on Wednesday, adding that British forces "kicked the backside" of the former Russian leader during the Crimean War in the 1850s and "can always do it again."

Wallace, a former member of the Scots Guards, referenced the 170-year old conflict during an unguarded talk with British military personnel at the Horse Guards building in Westminster, according to British media.

"The Scots Guards kicked the backside of Tsar Nicholas I in 1853 in Crimea – we can always do it again," the secretary said.

During the discussion, he compared Putin to the Nicholas I, pointing to his lack of allies during the Crimean War. Russia eventually lost the Crimean war to a coalition of France, the Ottoman Empire, and the UK.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-uk-defense-secretary-boasted-of-british-troops-defeating-the-russians-about-170-years-ago-and-said-they-can-always-do-it-again/ar-AAUdySi
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The UK defense secretary boasted of British troops defeating the Russians about 170 years ago and sa (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 OP
Anglo trash talk! Drum Feb 2022 #1
yeah like the defeated the afghans 100 years ago lol nt msongs Feb 2022 #2
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