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EllieBC

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4. Completely justified.

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 12:28 PM

Apr 1

They have a very hostile neighbor. We up here are learning what happens when you let your defense fall down to almost 0 levels and then you find out your neighbor is hostile. You should never ever ever count on the world to save you.

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and it is true about the USA!!Less money to spend on education, healthcare, safety nets. riversedge Apr 1 #5

Invading other countries is not cheap. Irish_Dem Apr 1 #6

It's a shame that neighboring countries are being forced to protect themselves from Russia using landmines, Martin68 Apr 1 #2

Given their history w/ Russia ("Finlandization") maxsolomon Apr 1 #3

Completely justified. EllieBC Apr 1 #4