• DwigtRortugal [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    12 days ago

    russia is a paper tiger and their military is too weak to do anything and they’re getting obliterated in ukraine but also they’re going to sweep across the entire european continent and conquer everyone in the name of king emperor putler. where o where have i heard this line of reasoning before?

  • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    allied troops are stationed across the region; it now hosts a Canada-led multinational brigade, and American forces operate in the country as part of the alliance’s deterrence posture.

    Anyone here old enough to remember the Soviet years does not need a lecture on what foreign domination feels like.

    Their brutal foreign domination, our altruistic deterrence posture.