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colorado_ufo

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8. If NATO had fast-tracked Ukraine into its membership, when the Russian tanks were on its border,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2024, 01:38 PM

Jul 2024

this war would not have happened. Putin would have backed down immediately. His initial excuse for the war was that he worried about the "threat from NATO," although Ukraine was not a NATO member and NATO is only defensive. The second best response would have been to arm Ukraine to the teeth, to mount a massive defense and force Russia to back down. Standing up to Putin is the only way to deal with him.

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Biden promises new air defenses for Ukraine in forceful Nato speech [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 2024 OP

Wish our news outlets were as supportive of our President. llmart Jul 2024 #1

They are all compromised because their owners don't want to loose their tax cuts BumRushDaShow Jul 2024 #2

ABC, AP, VOA, Washington Post, etc. all had similar headlines yesterday. sl8 Jul 2024 #7

I didn't mean that they didn't cover it. llmart Jul 2024 #11

Ah, gotcha. nt sl8 Jul 2024 #12

Each followed by a hearty..."Biden is old and confused" paleotn Jul 2024 #15

The only feeble and confused people I see are the scribbler / yapper class. paleotn Jul 2024 #14

This is purely anecdotal but... llmart Jul 2024 #16

JR 3auld6phart Jul 2024 #3

As soon as I saw the title I knew it wasn't a domestic byline. Boomerproud Jul 2024 #4

Good, thank you, Joe. republianmushroom Jul 2024 #5

President Biden understands the horror the children of Ukraine are going through and who is to blame. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2024 #6

If NATO had fast-tracked Ukraine into its membership, when the Russian tanks were on its border, colorado_ufo Jul 2024 #8

Good. That will certainly help Warpy Jul 2024 #9

That speech should silence the naysayers in the party, and the real media. OneCrazyDiamond Jul 2024 #10

Here's what we've been up to (the Ukraine parts), hoping to see more news on NATO arms sales. ancianita Jul 2024 #13