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Qutzupalotl

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3. The drills are cover to cut the transatlantic cables

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Sat Jan 29, 2022, 02:17 PM

Jan 2022

to disrupt international communications in advance of the Ukraine invasion. Putin can just move the exercises farther out in the Atlantic and do the same thing.

When Putin invaded Georgia, it was on the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympics. A dick move, to be so flagrant before the international community. I guess he thinks it gives people a couple of weeks to get used to the idea that they aren't leaving. This opening ceremony is Friday, so…

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Good!!! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #1

Send Irish fishermen to Ukraine. Sneederbunk Jan 2022 #2

The drills are cover to cut the transatlantic cables Qutzupalotl Jan 2022 #3

It may push them into deeper water, though muriel_volestrangler Jan 2022 #4

It will be interesting to know if the new location for the exercises is also close to the cables n/t Silent3 Jan 2022 #7

Not entirely correct. Xolodno Jan 2022 #15

there have been no Soviets for over 30 years Celerity Jan 2022 #5

You call them what you want Sherman A1 Jan 2022 #6

Definitions matter. Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. Celerity Jan 2022 #8

And Putin is attempting to restore the USSR Sherman A1 Jan 2022 #9

That is hyperbole, especially as parts of it (albeit small nations) are now ensconced in NATO. Celerity Jan 2022 #10

You are entitled to your opinion Sherman A1 Jan 2022 #11

to claim that the Soviet Union still exists is not an opinion, it is a false statement of fact Celerity Jan 2022 #13

Now you're making shit up, that claim was never made Sewa Jan 2022 #14

of course it was made, and how dare you insinuate that me simply correcting a false statement Celerity Jan 2022 #16

Here I will fix it for you Sherman A1 Jan 2022 #17

'Wannabe Soviets'?! NT anamnua Jan 2022 #12