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Irish_Dem

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12. Bush, Trump, GOP have greatly weakened the US.

Reply to True Blue American (Reply #11)

Tue Feb 8, 2022, 05:20 PM

Feb 2022

That is fact.

Putin is deeply interested in damaging western democracies
And deeply interesting in expanding his power.

I guess if he is ill, there is more pressure for him to act.

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