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ProudMNDemocrat

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3. Putin THINKS he is winning because he has the NUMBERS.

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2022, 07:37 AM

May 2022

So did Xerxes underestimate the the tenacity of the Spartans when millions of Persians descended upon them. That action united a Free Greece to eventually defeat the Persians. But then, Putin does not read History of any kind.

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