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PortTack

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6. Karma! Ol Putin said one reason for his invasion was NATO advancing on his borders
Tue Jul 11, 2023, 02:46 AM
Jul 2023

Seriously….NATO has never once attacked Russia. He knew that. Such a blunder on his part.

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We are not yet formally in, the Turkish and Hungarian parliaments still have to vote on it. Celerity Jul 2023 #1
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2023 #2
Press statement following the meeting between Turkiye, Sweden, and the NATO Secretary General Celerity Jul 2023 #4
Multiple NATO members are not located on the North Atlantic (which includes the Baltic Sea) Celerity Jul 2023 #8
It took me a while, but I found Georgia over there. GreenWave Jul 2023 #12
Well, getting ahead of yourself there relayerbob Jul 2023 #3
Austria is not in NATO. You were probably thinking of Hungary, who, now that Turkey has said they Celerity Jul 2023 #7
Russia is and expanse of land 11 times zones wide, the biggest nation on Earth, but that isn't... brush Jul 2023 #5
Karma! Ol Putin said one reason for his invasion was NATO advancing on his borders PortTack Jul 2023 #6
Putin is exploiting the self-destructive Russian paranoid psyche to motivate his troops & people.nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #10
☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack Jul 2023 #20
Not formally yet. Jumping the gun is bad karma. Please don't. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #9
No country under attack can join NATO. Nobody needs NATO troops in Ukraine fighting Russians Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #11
Letting Ukraine in immediately would mean all Nato members mobilizing for war straight away Mr. Sparkle Jul 2023 #13
Putin's goal of having regional control over Europe has backfired spectacularly. Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #14
Of the 31 NATO nations, several formerly under Soviet control Hortensis Jul 2023 #15
Sweden will be in soon enough Johnny2X2X Jul 2023 #16
NATO can't just "say" Ukraine is now a member... brooklynite Jul 2023 #17
Putin is creating the very thing he wants extinguished: Torchlight Jul 2023 #18
Brining Ukraine into NATO is a suicidal action Showbizkid Jul 2023 #19
Putin's had his bluff called numerous times during his war on Ukraine. Emrys Jul 2023 #21
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