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Warpy

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8. This might be Putin's "Hail Mary Pass"

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 05:28 PM

Sep 2025

because directly threatening a low population country like Estonia without an appropriate response from NATO will be what breaks the NATO alliance apart, other member states thinking no one will come to their aid, either.

He's probably right about King Wuss in the White House. I don't see France, Poland or the UK letting this happen quite so easily.

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Here's why Russia's MiG - 31s are now useless against NATO [View all] orangecrush Sep 2025 OP

So, what happened? I don't have time to watch the video. Thanks. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 #1

Bunch of NATO members orangecrush Sep 2025 #10

How about a quick summary about this motherfucking Putin's toy? SoFlaBro Sep 2025 #2

MiG 31 orangecrush Sep 2025 #11

Why are Russian Mig-31s useless against NATO? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #3

Massive response from NATO members orangecrush Sep 2025 #12

Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #23

YW orangecrush Sep 2025 #25

"having these enter your airspace would be a 5 alarm fire" seems the opposite of "useless against NATO" muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #4

Massive response from NATO members orangecrush Sep 2025 #13

something about nato article 4 Tetrachloride Sep 2025 #5

Yup orangecrush Sep 2025 #14

Disinformation strikes again. littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #6

Watching the video orangecrush Sep 2025 #15

Oh, I get it orangecrush Sep 2025 #19

Poland is indirectly exerting pressure on China to dial back ruzzias deliberate airspace violations... mitch96 Sep 2025 #7

Thank you orangecrush Sep 2025 #16

This might be Putin's "Hail Mary Pass" Warpy Sep 2025 #8

Thanks Warpy orangecrush Sep 2025 #17

who are these videos from/by? nt msongs Sep 2025 #9

Just a guess orangecrush Sep 2025 #18

The second video orangecrush Sep 2025 #20

The first is "PPR Global", who take news reports and package them for YouTube videos muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #24

Aw shucks orangecrush Sep 2025 #26

Looks like NATO can do the job. To count oasis Sep 2025 #21

Agree orangecrush Sep 2025 #22

The new USSR, like tRump, is a yuge shitbag of corruption predending to be legit. They are a paper tiger, a bully who ImNotGod Sep 2025 #27

Agree 100% orangecrush Sep 2025 #28