• PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works
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      5 days ago

      Its “only” about a quarter to a third of a million that have died so far as we know. The other million or so casualties are injuries and similar.

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    almost all of the U.S.-led NATO alliance was now fighting against Russia.

    Is his captive audience unaware that NATO’s barely involved? They’re only sending materiel… with strict rules for short-range use. Direct conflict has been actively avoided, because if his decrepit ass attacks Poland, the whole weight of Europe’s armies are supposed to crash down upon him.

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      Seriously. If Putin thought NATO was a paper tiger, why didn’t he invade them, instead of Ukraine which he’s now having so much trouble with?