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  1. ​ @sillysad3198 It could also make the situation worse.
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  2. It's fear of further devaluation. People don't trust the ruble to hold its current value.
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  3.  @goenzoy712  I never even mentioned either of those things. So perhaps you can understand my dismissing your comment. But now that you have posted your view of EU and NATO membership, I have to disagree with you. I think Ukraine becoming a member of both is a certainty. But neither will happen any time soon. NATO especially understands that Ukraine needs to be a member as soon as this war ends. The EU membership will take a lot longer, unfortunately. Support for Ukraine will not stop until Russia is defeated.
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  4. Maybe there's a deal and the Dems have agreed to not remove him if he puts the bill to vote?
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  5. ​ @andy_s_8982 Because he didn't say that. Trump defenders all seem to have become mind readers.
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  6. It's not your money comrade. Try and take some back from Putin and his oligarch friends.
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  7. All complete Tosh. See the war for what it is: Russian imperialist expansion, grabbing as much land and resources, including human resources from Ukraine. Then on to the next victim. We see it clearly and will defeat Russia in Ukraine.
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  8. Ukraine is also demonstrating its ability to hit oil pipelines and export infrastructure. They are restraining themselves so as not to wreak economic havock on their allies. But if they're abandoned by the West it will be all systems go. They will have no other choice. I hope the West is paying attention.
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  9. Trump has been certain to win the Republican nomination for a long time. The real question is how it will impact voters in the Presidential election.
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  10. Most Russian claims are actually confessions.
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  11. If NATO countries just gave Ukraine long range weapons and permission to use them inside Russia, this war would end soon. To stop Russia, Ukraine needs to have the means to destroy the Russian military industrial complex. Ammunition factories, tank factories etc. Those targets are deep inside Russia. Give Russia a one month deadline to begin withdrawal or Ukraine gets the weapons to get the job done. NATO needs to grow dome balls.
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  12. The vote on Ukraine also suggests the MAGA extremists only have the support of about 55% of the House Republicans. If Trump is convicted there is a chance the Reagan Republicans may be able to regain control of the party.
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  13. ​ @DrScopey2 The opposite is true. The US system is too rigid.
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  14. ​ @SunriseLAW He's about to be imprisoned.
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  15. The repercussions of strategic attacks like these will be the eventual defeat and economic collapse of Russia.
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  16. The Fox entertainment defense. Didn't work for them.
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  17. Jake Broe is right. The whole point of splitting the aid packages is to get money to Israel and to avoid giving it to Ukraine. It's a trap. The Democrats should just reject it and push hard for the discharge petition.
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  18. ​ @japetbu3487 Also, Russia invaded Ukraine. It cannot order civilians to evacuate in 24 hours. Ukraine and Russia have a border mutually agreed upon in the Budapest Memorandum. Palestine has never existed as a state. They refused to accept the 1948 partition. They've always wanted to exterminate all the Israelis. Israel seeking to rescue hostages held by terrorists is perfectly justifiable. You are guilty of a false equivalence.
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  19.  @yellowtunes2756  What happened to Grozny when the Chechens wanted to be free to celebrate their language, culture, traditions and politics? Your Disneyland version of Russia is complete nonsense.
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  20. If that's what he meant, why didn't he just say that? So many mind readers...
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  21. Russian troll alert
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  22. Maybe many of the assumptions we hold about Russia are just plain wrong. We thought the Russian military was modern, competent and powerful. We thought Russia was run with a similar level of efficiency and competence as most Western countries. We thought the FSB and other key state instruments were well run. It could have just appeared that way because there was in fact very little dissent inside Russia. We thought of Russia as being a nation state rather than a more fluid, mafia-like organisation. We underestimated the extent to which Russia appears to have been hollowed out by the corruption of Putin, the oligarchs and anyone else who could steal a piece of the pie. Perhaps Putin's leadership and strategic thinking skills have been vastly overestimated. People keep claiming to see some mythical 4d chess rather than failure and plain incompetence. None of this make sense because we have yet to clear away all our false assumptions about Russia. Maybe it would help to stop overestimating Russia and over analysing events. Start taking events at face value more often. If we do that it's obvious that Russia is far weaker than anyone could have imagined before the war. It's also obvious that Putin is very weak. Why else would there be any negotiation with Prigozin? If Russia was even close to being the power that they claim, there would have been no need for negotiations. Prigozin and Wagner would have been crushed like a bug. That would have acted as an effective deterrent to any potential usurpers in future.
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  23. These attacks are coming from pro Russian sources from India. So let me remind people again, India is a Russian ally. The Modi supporters hate the West. Their media regurgitates Russian propaganda uncritically 24/7. Don't make the same mistake as with China by investing hundteds of billions of dollars and helping to build up their military so they can use it against us. See the fascism that has taken hold in India for what it is.
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  24. ​ @johanmetreus1268 Which democracies are doing that? Have a close look at the autocracies like Russia, China, Iran, North Korea etc and you will get a much clearer view of despotism.
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  25. How gullible do you have to be to believe Russian propaganda? Either that or they're on the Russian payroll.
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  26.  @goenzoy  Your bias is irrelevant. Because you personally support Russia does not mean that the decision makers in Europe do. The weapons and funding keeps pouring in to Ukraine. Nations know their national security is at huge risk if Russia succeeds. So the support for Ukraine will continue.
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  27.  @goenzoy712  Your personal bias towards Russia does not establish that Europeans are waning in their support of Ukraine. That is merely your belief, for which you have not provided any evidence. It's you who does not understand democracy. The overwhelming majority of people in Europe support Ukraine. Their governments reflect that support. As for the rest of your comment, you need to work on your reading skills as I stated no such thing. So I have no idea what you are on about.
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  28. ​ @AngryOlive_ No nation with 5000 nukes can reasonably argue that it needs to invade its neighbours for self protection.
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  29. Not a civil war and the West is just helping Ukraine defend itself. Russians can always go home.
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  30. ​ @AkenValle You're awfully proud of supporting Russian war crimes. You probably love Hamas and Hezbollah too.
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  31. The war will end when the Western countries and especially the US stop turning a blind eye to the support Russia is receiving from the world's autocracies. As long as we continue to trade with them they will use our money to support Russia and build up their own militaries. Ban those countries imports and the war will end quickly.
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  32. Normally I'd be against you shouting it. But in this case it needs to be shouted. It boggles my mind that there are still people out there who think appeasement can work. Surely anyone with some forethought can deduce that paying off an extortionist can only result in more extortion.
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  33.  @corinnem.239  Tell that to Ukraine and other countries that are at the mercy of larger, nuclear armed powers. The race is entirely foreseeable.
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  34.  @mikedx2706  May they have many more.
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  35. ​ @chadfranklin47 Did Russia take the matter to the UN? Did they get UN Security Council resolutions against Ukraine? No. They unilaterally invaded a sovereign nation against all international law. Supporting Russia makes you an accomplice to their war crimes. You are a sad and pathetic individual.
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  36. That's called a straw man. I'm sure you're aware of this.
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  37. Should the President be a good communicator or should people constantly have to explain what he really meant to say?
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  38. Why are you Republicans always telling the rest of us what Trump "really" means? Trump's words along with Project 2025 and the insurrection that Trump still supports make it clear what he and many of his supporters have in mind.
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  39. You should do it. Russia, China and every other former British Colony will get to think about what it means and ask themselves why they are supporting Russia or are neutral towards their invasion of Ukraine.
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  40. ​ @beny9360 A non- vote strengthens MAGA's control over the Republican Party. To them he's just a RINO. If he wants a Reagan type Republican Party it's in his interests to vote Democrat this time around.
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  41. Of those 221 Republicans don't around 100+ support Ukraine? So there's stll 300+ votes in favour of supporting Ukraine.
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  42. As Ukraine's military capabilities grow Russia's rate of losses is accelerating. This is going to continue. Russia is going to run out of something that's mission critical sooner than that article suggests.
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  43. Wow, what a pos RF Kennady is. His father and uncle must be rolling in their graves.
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  44. That is not logical. The Israel/Palestine issue is far more complex. The Palestinians and their allies keep losing territory after starting, then losing wars against Israel. They are not the innocent victims you portray them to be. How can you bring yourself to support the terrorist actions by Palestinians over the past 48 hours? Do you support them murdering 260 people attending a music festival? All of them clearly civilians? Do you support them kidnapping civilians and taking them to Gaza as hostages? In 1948 the Israelis accepted the partition and two state solution, but the Palestinians rejected it. They calculated that they would be able to destroy Israel. Waging wars and numerous acts of terrorism are not the actions of victims. The Palestinians are as much, or more, aggressors, than they are victims. Their aggression just lead to defeat.
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  45. ​ @sablisk3570 I believe Singapore has a higher population density. It's about 734 square km and has nearly 6 million residents. It seems to be doing ok for an open air prison. Culture, education, intelligence and hard work appear to make all the difference.
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  46. ​ @Duke_Romilar_III That's your opinion, not the truth.
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  47.  @Duke_Romilar_III  The Polish people broadly support Ukraine. One or two exceptions do not change that. You should try to improve your thinking by understanding the difference between your opinion about something vs truth. Your opinion is nothing more than that, no matter how much you believe it.
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  48.  @Duke_Romilar_III  Your attempt at creating division is not working. And yes you are an idiot if you believe your opinion is the truth. Take your low IQ and troll somewhere else.
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  49. Russia will never be allowed to win the war. If they succeed it will be the end of the current global order and a permanent state of insecurity and destabilization in Europe. That's something the EU, NATO and the US can't live with. I think it's a near certainty that several countries will get boots on the ground and planes in the air if the situation deteriorates for Ukraine. A full NATO response is also possible. Failure to defend Ukraine will look like a green light for China to invade Ukraine. So there's good reason for the US to keep supporting Ukraine. Even if Trump wins the election the US will continue to pursue it's vital interests. If Biden wins, Russia will be begging for negotiations within weeks.
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  50. Ukrainians are traditional Christians as much or more than Russians. How Republicans can justify supporting the Russian invasion along with all the crimes they're committing is beyond understanding. How can so-called Christians in the US support systematic rape and torture? Kidnapping children? Dictatorship? No free speech or freedom of the press? Murder of political opponents and journalists? Ukraine has all the Christian values minus Russia's war crimes and amorality. I simply don't understand the support for Russia over Ukraine.
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