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RE: Russia and Ukraine
September 23, 2024 at 2:47 pm
I suspect his asking shamans (of any kind) to cast spells on this or that has to do with how he intends to keep leaning on the hinterlands for cannon fodder. It costs him nothing. He's not going to give them better gear, or training, or support. Hell, they have trouble getting food and water.
Doesn't leave much except charms and cantrips, whether putin believes in them or not.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
7 hours ago
(September 17, 2024 at 6:16 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Qatar is supplying weapons to ukraine.
(9 hours ago)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Trump taking another turn at fellati -- er, supporting Putin and his war aims.
Quote:Former President Donald Trump described Ukraine in bleak and mournful terms Wednesday, referring to its people as “dead” and the country itself as “demolished,” and further raising questions about how much the former president would be willing if elected again to concede in a negotiation over the country’s future.
Trump argued Ukraine should have made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the months before Russia’s February 2022 attack, declaring that even “the worst deal would’ve been better than what we have now.”
Trump, who has long been critical of U.S. aid to Ukraine, frequently claims that Russia never would have invaded if he was president and that he would put an end to the war if he returned to the White House. But rarely has he discussed the conflict in such detail.
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Said Trump, “It’s something we have to have a quick discussion about because the president of Ukraine is in our country and he’s making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president, me.”
Trump painted Ukraine as a country in ruins outside its capital, Kyiv, short on soldiers and losing population to war deaths and neighboring countries. He questioned whether the country has any bargaining chips left to negotiate an end to the war.
“Any deal — the worst deal — would’ve been better than what we have now,” Trump said. “If they made a bad deal it would’ve been much better. They would’ve given up a little bit and everybody would be living and every building would be built and every tower would be aging for another 2,000 years.”
“What deal can we make? It’s demolished,” he added. “The people are dead. The country is in rubble.”
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-...716e5fe42a
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