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Aussie105

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4. Lots of parallels between Putin in Ukraine and Trump in Iran.

Reply to Dunc (Original post)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:53 AM

Yesterday

'Just gonna take a couple of days.'

'Natives will welcome us as liberators, smile and throw flowers our way.'

The presumed moral and military superiority in both instances didn't turn out well.

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A article about the war in Ukraine. [View all] Dunc Yesterday OP

I hope the assessment of Russia's increasingly brittle defenses is accurate. pat_k Yesterday #1

I read RFU (Reporting From Ukraine), formerly posted daily by our Texas niyad Yesterday #2

Been following more closely Cosmocat Yesterday #3

Lots of parallels between Putin in Ukraine and Trump in Iran. Aussie105 Yesterday #4

I often think that I know life isn't good when I'm happy to read war stories. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #5

here here! ret5hd 12 hrs ago #6