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maxsolomon

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7. How well did it work in Syria?

Reply to fightforfreedom (Original post)

Sat Mar 12, 2022, 02:04 PM

Mar 2022

Eventually, Assad and Putin destroyed the Sunni cities (Homs, Aleppo) that defied them, killing thousands on thousands.

That is what Putin did to Grozny in Chechnya.

That is what Putin will do to Ukraine. Erase it.

200K is just the start.

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Whenever the news shows the map of Ukraine, I shake my head in disbelief. [View all] fightforfreedom Mar 2022 OP

Well said. Blundered also into a world unified and economic Armageddon. Alexander Of Assyria Mar 2022 #1

I think tRumps master knows that - he massively miscalculated in Ukraine alittlelark Mar 2022 #2

Not the biggest? Kid Berwyn Mar 2022 #3

Confirmation bias. Putin believed bs instead of reality Kaleva Mar 2022 #4

Putin wanted Ukraine in tact so it would still be functional Buckeyeblue Mar 2022 #5

Putin's secret plan may be to use low yield nuclear bombs? Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #6

How well did it work in Syria? maxsolomon Mar 2022 #7

The blunder is a given, what isn't known is what horrific acts Putin will still do. themaguffin Mar 2022 #8