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Russia election: Stage-managed vote will give Putin another term
BBC ^ | 14 Mar 2024 | Steve Rosenberg

Posted on 03/13/2024 11:13:07 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan

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To: MalPearce

Again, if we had gotten involved before the invasion was launched, Russia & Putin would not have then obtained a position of power. But that window was lost, foolishly. Once you are forced to pull the trigger on an invasion the level of negotiation rises, and now put Russia & Putin in a different mind set.


61 posted on 03/14/2024 7:13:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Apparatchik

Two years and a comment that really doesn’t say what you’re trying to claim, that’s a reach.


62 posted on 03/14/2024 7:35:38 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Apparatchik

Sorry, your response was so bizarre that it is difficult to tell if it is all a joke.


63 posted on 03/15/2024 1:10:34 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: Apparatchik
I took another look at your amusing post this morning and realize that you actually did appear to have been serious.

You had to go back two years to find a thread that you somehow feel shows that there are a bunch of what you label “Vlad-worshipers” or “Putlerists” here. Only there was no mention of Putin anywhere in the story about the largely historically based sermon. And it is also hard to say what the point of the post you used as an example actually was, “That's the way I see Russia too...” The author was likely being sarcastic, but who knows... there is not enough detail in his/her post to tell.

Your own profile page starts off with, “To the haters who come here to dig up info about me, happy hunting!” Then you go on to claim that you had “long service as a member of the US Armed Forces, particularly in combating Soviet aggression and terrorism”. But of course, you provide no details about when this service occurred or what branch of the military that you served in.

What we find in your posting history and your own description of yourself does not paint a pretty picture. And you last post to me was a good example. It was nasty, made no relevant points, and in general said a lot more about you than me.

Last night a very close friend who was a career soldier in the army helped me move heavy furniture up and down stairs. It bothers me when persons such as yourself living in some kind of fantasyland do and say things that reflect poorly on other people who actually spent their lives serving our country. My friend actually did go through a lot in the army... Based on your description of yourself and your posts this seems unlikely in your case.

Those of us who have put our lives on the line and actually faced real danger have a sense about those who are fakers. My own sense tells me that you are as likely to be a veteran of military style video games than actual service. You remind me of people who race past you in the carpool lane with tinted windows and no one else in the car with them. They shouldn't be doing it but somehow in their own minds they can justify it.

I don't necessarily blame you... none of us have enough information to know where you are really coming from and from the quality of your posts it could just be the following issue.


64 posted on 03/15/2024 7:46:53 AM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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