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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
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On 1/10/2025 9:33 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 18:42:55 -0600, Lynn McGuire
> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> <snippo prior Putin/Trump Talking Points>
>> Ukraine is a disaster and Europe knows it.  We have sent blood and
>> treasure to a foreign power once again and are getting totally screwed.
>> The end result will be the same no matter what we do, Ukraine will be a
>> satellite of Russia.  Any difference from that will end in nuclear
>> weapon exchanges.
> 
> Huh.
> 
> I thought of you as a patriotic American.
> 
> Not as a fan of Putin.
> 
> And the nuclear exchange threat is getting a bit ... old, don't you
> think?
> 
> I mean, Ukraine has actually /invaded/ the Russian Federation
> somewhere near Kursk (one of the turning points of WW2, BTW). What
> must they do to produce a nuclear exchange? Conquer and occupy Moscow?
> Destroy Putin's favorite dacha?

Didn't they already do that last one?

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