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Proxy war? Bullshit! Putin invaded Ukraine to try to gain something. Wake up! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #1
Everyone knows Russia started this war bluewater Mar 2022 #7
Nato has not intervened, Ukraine is not a member, and it is NOT a proxy war. Period. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #8
NATO has intervened militarily in the past to help save lives in non-NATO Countries bluewater Mar 2022 #12
+1000 PortTack Mar 2022 #24
"somehow" - that's the rub. a nuclear war probably benefits nobody nt msongs Mar 2022 #2
30 days atreides1 Mar 2022 #3
The Baltic states are part of NATO....read article 5 of the NATO alliance PortTack Mar 2022 #5
That's what we thought about Vietnam CanonRay Mar 2022 #4
Also, Think Afghanistan ProfessorGAC Mar 2022 #10
We didn't tet pushed out of Vietnam, we got tired and left Ex Lurker Mar 2022 #25
But it's very expensive. CanonRay Mar 2022 #30
With Nukes Putin Will Be Dead In 20 Minutes And He Knows It DanieRains Mar 2022 #6
The day will soon come when it is all over. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #9
💛💙 Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2022 #15
So true. bluewater Mar 2022 #16
No. We are choosing to do nothing. Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #19
I know, but when I say what you say, I get jumped on. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #21
I heat ya. Let them come. Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #22
100% certainty that we will come to regret our inaction. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #27
I mean, we could call his bluff and tell the madman to go back in his corner Calculating Mar 2022 #34
"I wanted to win in the tenth round. That was my strategy all along." greenjar_01 Mar 2022 #11
Indeed. bluewater Mar 2022 #14
This does sound like "I MEANT to do that!" Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #32
Is it fast or is is slow? Generic Brad Mar 2022 #13
I feel rage and my heart is broken in ten thousand pieces. onecaliberal Mar 2022 #17
But we still promise not to intervene.... Happy Hoosier Mar 2022 #18
Worse than that, many nations are still active funding Russia's war machine. Lancero Mar 2022 #20
Nord Stream 2 NEVER Opened. Europe is still buying Russian Gas thru the existing pipelines. bluewater Mar 2022 #29
They'll only run short of supplies if we let them Azathoth Mar 2022 #23
I was in the Army back in the '80s... XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #26
"Ukraine's will to fight is extending this," said the senior Western intelligence official Blaukraut Mar 2022 #28
I agree with being truthful and realistic about the disadvantages Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #33
Then the rest of the free world should seek slow annihilation of Russia's economy and Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #31
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