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BootinUp

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9. Well we can step back once more and talk about why Putins goal is to

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #8)

Mon Feb 26, 2024, 02:10 AM

Feb 2024

install a puppet government. He thinks that their democracy will be contagious and spread. Its a direct threat in his mind. He will never be satisfied with pieces of land on the eastern border. He had their government all picked out and ready to take over. It was only supposed to take 3 days. How will his tanks be stopped in your scenario. Ill let you go now.

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Here... littlemissmartypants Feb 2024 #1

I'm going to take the opportunity here BootinUp Feb 2024 #2

Of course, Putin thinks Ukraine was a part if Russia Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #3

not exactly. It was definitely talked about in the early reports. BootinUp Feb 2024 #4

Perhaps. But heard this week Putin reiterating that Ukraine was a part of Russia. Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #5

He even sent an assassination squad after Zelensky in the early weeks. BootinUp Feb 2024 #7

That's what i dont fully buy into, from afar. The all-or-nothing idea Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #8

Well we can step back once more and talk about why Putins goal is to BootinUp Feb 2024 #9

The solution is the West, and the US in particular, providing all of the aid that Ukraine needs Kennah Feb 2024 #6

More money? . Is there an end game? Or just war forever more? Sorry, Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2024 #10

Defeat Putin with Ukrainian soldiers or with NATO soldiers? Choose Kennah Feb 2024 #11

Putin's demonstrated bad-faith negotiations too many times in the past. Torchlight Feb 2024 #12