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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Actually that he’s stupid enough to make and believe those claims is how he qualified to be Putin’s Puppet.
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so Putin waited until after his puppet was gone, to invade and alienate russia from the entire western world

makes sense.
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

so Putin waited until after his puppet was gone, to invade and alienate russia from the entire western world

makes sense.
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The story of Putin is a little more complicated than this

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton says 'Putin was waiting' for Trump to withdraw the United States from NATO in his second term
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

The story of Putin is a little more complicated than this

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton says 'Putin was waiting' for Trump to withdraw the United States from NATO in his second term
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And many other people say Putin was waiting for a weakling to be POTUS.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

And many other people say Putin was waiting for a weakling to be POTUS.

And he invaded while the U.S. is still a part of NATO. So the idea that he was waiting for us to withdraw is a crock.

And Europe is doing more to bring Putin down now. Putin invading Ukraine has awakened the EU up to the fact that it has to be strong enough to defend against Russia with or without the U.S., or with less dependence on us and more backbone of its own.

Putin may well have waited for a weaker US in tandem with what he saw as a weak disunited Europe. Certainly before Ukraine and other European countries joined NATO.

[Got Stripers]

One stars in the Budweiser commercials and the other is a horses arse, staring only in the reality show running in is messed up mind.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by detbuch

And he invaded while the U.S. is still a part of NATO. So the idea that he was waiting for us to withdraw is a crock.

exactly.
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[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

The story of Putin is a little more complicated than this

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton says 'Putin was waiting' for Trump to withdraw the United States from NATO in his second term
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Putin was thrilled Trump was President. Why upset the way Trump was taking things.

"Putin wanted to undermine the NATO alliance, and Trump undermined the NATO alliance. Putin wanted to weaken the E.U., and Trump made little effort to express his disdain for the E.U. Putin wanted to help authoritarians, and Trump cozied up to authoritarians. Putin wanted to hurt Ukraine, and Trump launched an extortion scheme that threatened to hurt Ukraine. Putin wanted to weaken the U.S. political system, and Trump was unnervingly aggressive in trying to weaken the U.S. political system."