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Chainfire

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3. Putin is testing the resolve of Europe and the strength of the Nato alliance.

Reply to Ray Bruns (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 11, 2022, 10:13 AM

Feb 2022

Bluff or not, it is very dangerous because the presence of a hostile force near a border presents a lot of opportunity for something to go wrong, or to stage something going wrong. Putin and I think that war is coming and that Ukraine will be abandoned to their fate.

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He been advising them to leave for awhile now . . .. Lovie777 Feb 2022 #1

I don't think so. Putin is not the kind of man who bluffs. Ray Bruns Feb 2022 #2

Putin is testing the resolve of Europe and the strength of the Nato alliance. Chainfire Feb 2022 #3

Dupe post Auggie Feb 2022 #4

That is unnerving PatSeg Feb 2022 #5

A couple days ago sarisataka Feb 2022 #6