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Far from being an imperialist maniac intent on playing Risk!, Putin has shown little appetite for conflict, escalating only when no other realistic choice is available.

The sociopaths running the West regard this as contemptible weakness.

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Hysterical idiot? Nah, not you, Caitlin, The idiots are those in US society who fail to perceive its deep roots of maniacal war criminality, even considering only the post-WWII era. In a recent interview with George Galloway, Chris Hedges mentioned Curtis LeMay, whom I've taken to calling Generalissimo Nukem. Nuke the Cubans, he advised JFK, nuke North Vietnam, he advised LBJ. Hedges also identified the tradition of war pimps, those you call "war sluts" --- sociopaths like Elliot Abrams and Robert Kagan, the rhetorical engines who in their pimping for the war industry fill the rage tanks of maniacs like LeMay and the other crazed US generals. Make no mistake, this is a deep deep vein of evil in the American psyche. Another reason to anticipate the empire's demise.

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I sit here in horror watching my gov't and the collective west lead us directly down the path of Armageddon, while the people and my elected officials have nothing to say except, "Bad Russia, Bad Putin"..I'm sick. Alexander Mercurous stated the collective west is on an "escalation elevator"....no peace talks, only more weapons.

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Just a historic reminder, when things were tough for US forces in Korea, General MacArthur wanted to use Atomic bombs and reduce the North forces and China to radioactive dust. If things were reversed, and it was America now fighting in Mexico, Tactical Nukes would have flown already.

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The emperor/empire has no clothes. But no one is willing to say so. They are all going along with the pretence that provoking, funding and fuelling war, does not END in catastrophe and mass death, as it always has in human history. Except at this point in history, in the nuclear age, it could be the end of all of our history.

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NATO, the US and the WEF wants Russia to be done away with. Then comes China. Once they are out of the way, a ONE government world will be easier than pie to enact.

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Am I the only cat who sees "Don't Look Up!" as a parable for our time?

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Caitlin... Thanks for your voice. IMO, it is too late.

It didn't have to be this way...

It is depressing to spend more than 70 years in Amerika, Inc., and realize that this nation is the biggest terrorist nation on the planet... I even wore Army green in my zealous youth. One of my deepest regrets in hindsight.

Peace, Hope, and Sanity...

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Not to nitpick, but there is an error in the first sentence. "War sluts" would be those turning tricks for war, without an expectation of pay. These people are very well paid for their efforts to get us all killed, so the correct term is "war whores."

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As far as the Russians are concerned there is zero doubt they face NATO. Had to eventually since NATO started expansion in the 1990s breaking all agreements. Now regular folks are more than ready for Putin to follow through with his threats against "decision-making centers", which are unequivocally understood to be in the West.

The only explanation for taking so long might be Russia's wanting the West's population to fully understand what it would be for, now that West itself more and more spells it out. So that when missiles come the western folks wouldn't be surprised.

They'll still be, but it won't matter.

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I like many other citizens am watching this escalation with horror, the powers in the west seem to be provoking Russia into full scale war. They must have been preparing for this for some time. There has been little negotiation for peace. We should all be very scared.

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The levelling of Ukraine and associated deaths of 100s of 1000s will be a great platform for NATO and the EU and Putin and Biden to push for an all powerful global government with our peaceful desires at its heart ❤️ and central to its values. "Never Again" could be the rallying call. Imagine there's no countries, or cash, or privacy, or hiding place, or freedom?

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Of all enterprises in the word, none is as profitable as war. It takes a special kind of psychopathology to foment the destruction of a region and a people, solely to make money.

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Jan 26, 2023·edited Jan 26, 2023

Thank you -- Abrams uses dirty nuclear shells.... Also:

Murder of Jeffrey Epstein -- https://youtu.be/ASp4KiVqNDQ

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Where is the voice of sanity? Certainly n or t with the western leadership.

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*WEF

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