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8. On Friday a friend in Scotland tweeted that 2 fighter jets screamed overhead close to the ground

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 08:16 AM

Jan 2022

and she was joking about bombing her garden, I figured it had something to do with this but didn't mention it.

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NATO sends ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP

It appears NATO is united blue-wave Jan 2022 #1

+100 I'm with you. nt abqtommy Jan 2022 #2

Too bad republicans are still turncoats. C_U_L8R Jan 2022 #9

the amazing part is: this is exactly why NATO was created. Javaman Jan 2022 #20

Look back four years and TFG was calling NATO useless. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 #3

Yup the Con was clearly putin's puppet in downplayong NATO onetexan Jan 2022 #5

Biden may send troops to 'eastern Europe' left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #4

More a deterrence against MORE incursions. If Putin sees only talk, he may try more oldsoftie Jan 2022 #6

911 here on US soil was the first time the NATO pact was invoked onetexan Jan 2022 #7

Let's hope that, if our troops do wnylib Jan 2022 #17

More like making sure he stops after taking Ukraine IronLionZion Jan 2022 #23

As posted left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #24

On Friday a friend in Scotland tweeted that 2 fighter jets screamed overhead close to the ground yaesu Jan 2022 #8

Russia is testing us about Ukraine, China is testing us about Taiwan, marie999 Jan 2022 #10

well it's almost certain that the world stopdiggin Jan 2022 #15

you bet they are... Javaman Jan 2022 #21

Sweden pretended to be neutral IronLionZion Jan 2022 #11

They had a Nazi government during the war. left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #25

I hate Nazi governments IronLionZion Jan 2022 #27

Thank God! DemUnleashed Jan 2022 #12

We can thank Traitor Trump, the Repubes, and Trump's cult for dividing and weakening our country LaMouffette Jan 2022 #13

Putin is going to invade Ukraine. gab13by13 Jan 2022 #14

Yes, it sure looks like it. 😕 ShazzieB Jan 2022 #34

War Department and MIC Jingos are fired up. The greedy and morbidly rich are licking their chops. Magoo48 Jan 2022 #16

funny you say that. Javaman Jan 2022 #22

"for the peace lovers" EX500rider Jan 2022 #26

War is a greed driven Racket. Magoo48 Jan 2022 #31

And appeasement also does not work EX500rider Jan 2022 #33

Oh, so its OUR fault Putin & china want to take over most of the world? oldsoftie Jan 2022 #28

Russia doesn't want war. When NATO was launched promises were made on all sides which Magoo48 Jan 2022 #30

When Ukraine gave up their nukes, Russia promised not to attack them oldsoftie Jan 2022 #32

Which NATO country do you think has nukes next to Russia? EX500rider Jan 2022 #35

Shades of August, 1914 CanonRay Jan 2022 #18

More like September 1st, 1939. Ray Bruns Jan 2022 #19

I was thinking of the mutual buildup which inevitably led to war. CanonRay Jan 2022 #29