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prodigitalson

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42. And just as in the war of aggression that Bush waged
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 11:43 PM
Feb 2022

the aggressor will defeat the victims in the initial conventional fighting in the first phase. Putin will think Mission accomplished. Then the real war will begin in the form of a relentless insurgency that might mean the end of Putin´s power and possibly his very life.

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The US isn't threatening to invade Ukraine, the Russians are. comradebillyboy Feb 2022 #1
War Crimes Have Consequences unweird Feb 2022 #2
Bush isn't our President & Biden's not invading anybody. Budi Feb 2022 #3
Oh gosh..he looks terrible. I feel so bad for him and his family PortTack Feb 2022 #8
Navalny. Documentary on Novicek Poisioning /Sundance Fest Budi Feb 2022 #16
One is not like the other. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #4
Name a major power qazplm135 Feb 2022 #5
+1. Heck, look at what Andrew Jackson did to Native Americans - in America dalton99a Feb 2022 #10
If this was 2003 and this was the Bush administration, sure. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #6
Gosh, wouldn't want hypocrisy to get in the way of a good annexation mathematic Feb 2022 #7
Hypocrisy would be the US criticizing Putin for invading and trying to annex Ukraine Ocelot II Feb 2022 #9
RIGHT !!! uponit7771 Feb 2022 #39
:) Agree, except for letting your spring be sprung. Hortensis Feb 2022 #12
+1 betsuni Feb 2022 #35
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #38
What I think it shows is Russia cannot trust the US any more than the US can trust Russia. marie999 Feb 2022 #11
Equalizing us? Cuba and Venezuela must be expecting Hortensis Feb 2022 #14
The US may not be planning to invade another country right now, marie999 Feb 2022 #17
Why AREN'T we planning on invading those nations, Marire? Hortensis Feb 2022 #20
I don't want to hear what aboutism which is in effect a defense of mass murderer Putin. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #23
Defending the indefensible is warped, but Hortensis Feb 2022 #33
I can't believe you are serious. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #24
I am very serious in that I believe Putin doesn't trust NATO. marie999 Feb 2022 #29
So should the US (Biden) STFU sarisataka Feb 2022 #13
And the US shouldn't criticize China for human rights abuses because you know... Caliman73 Feb 2022 #15
This is straight up Russian propaganda. W_HAMILTON Feb 2022 #18
It's called Democracy William769 Feb 2022 #19
'Whataboutism' at its worst. Look it up, whataboutism is a well known Russian propaganda technique emulatorloo Feb 2022 #21
Not even close to being the same. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #22
NO IT Doesn't. We Fucking Cha Feb 2022 #25
... emulatorloo Feb 2022 #26
Aloha, emulastorloo! Cha Feb 2022 #36
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #40
+1,000 malaise Feb 2022 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Feb 2022 #28
Okey doke (Nt) FreepFryer Feb 2022 #30
This is such BS argument. We should never call out wrongdoing then JI7 Feb 2022 #31
Then We shouldn't have gotten involved in WW2 either JI7 Feb 2022 #32
DURec leftstreet Feb 2022 #34
BULL FUCKIN SHIT !! uponit7771 Feb 2022 #37
wut?...oh, I forgot Saddam, Don jr and Eric were great people, no we should have not invaded Shellback Squid Feb 2022 #41
And just as in the war of aggression that Bush waged prodigitalson Feb 2022 #42
Are you suggesting that Biden is the same as Bush? iemanja Feb 2022 #43
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