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In reply to the discussion: Putin sponsoring Ottawa truckers? [View all]radius777
(3,635 posts)44. +1. The West's naivete regarding Hitler
mirrors our approach to Putin, who is an existential threat to liberal democracy and is actively waging war against us.
Putin got away with stealing Crimea and installing Trump - and has become emboldened.
We should be expanding and strengthening NATO, supporting pro-Western movements and countering Russian cyberwarfare. Thugs like Putin only understand dominance, and we should be forcing him into a subordinate and weakened position. Simply ignoring and/or appeasing him is not an option... it's a zero sum game.
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Careful, I suggested Putin behind the suicide bomber in Afghanistan and I was ... ... ...
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2022
#2
Thanks, my ANGER is directed at so called dems or progs who should know better...
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2022
#31
The Russian military was said to be heavily involved in the US 2016 election.
Irish_Dem
Feb 2022
#22
The MSM is not reporting on the foreign source/origin of the social media messaging.
CottonBear
Feb 2022
#41