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American looking at American culture

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@GerardAraud Astute observation 👍🏽

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@GerardAraud I think it quite possible, even likely, that Russia will not remain a power, especially if sanctions continue till reparations are paid

- Devastated military that cannot be rebuilt

- Demographics if births cut by half like 1990s (see sanctions etc)

https://t.co/fHivEeMEOf

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@GerardAraud One captured & wounded soldier had been a sailor in Baltic Fleet. He was given one week of training on how to drive a tank & sent to Ukraine

Obviously ignorant of tactics & how to maneuver in difficult circumstances etc BUT disciplined military. Mobilization brings lower quality

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@GerardAraud Mobilization takes too long at this late date & their quality too poor when they arrive

The training troops (instructors are usually high quality military) were sent to the front months ago

Where to find competent officers ?

Most heavy equipment left is 1960s or not there

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@GerardAraud 🙄

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@GerardAraud @ClientsRATP AND Paris is in the midst of doubling their Metro km ! Two million new riders/day when completed - 600,000 from cars, 1.4 million from buses.

Plus 80+ km new Paris tram lines too.

A major step forward to reduce GHG emissions, French oil consumption and air pollution !

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@GerardAraud I was not aware that Churchill enjoyed foie gras. One never ceases to learn !

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@JeromeDruesne @JandersonJoseph @GerardAraud NOT the Germans !
Germany has been working to enhance Russian revenues for the last 10-20 years. Building NS 1 then NS 2 after Chechnya, Syria, Georgia, Transnistra, Crimea & Dunbas.

AND Germany refused to build a single LNG import terminal “just in case” while closing nukes

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@GerardAraud South Africa declared war on Germany on September 6, 1939 by a narrow margin that split the ruling party.

135,000 white South Africans fought and 70,000 black South Africans worked in transport and labor battalions.

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@PLnewstoday Just Ruzzian LIES 🤮

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@princesskate78 @AdamKinzinger The federal government under Viden sent Mississippi over $400 million to be specifically spent on water & sewage. The Not so a great state of Mississippi decided to spend those $ elsewhere, where there were more white people.

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@GerardAraud Perhaps the French can sympathize with the Germans on this ?

From aesthetics and other perspectives, English is not the best choice for a lingua franca.

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@GerardAraud The Republic of Ireland is the United Kingdom’s closest neighbor - both geographically and politically. The consequences of Brexit have been quite negative for them.

However, I suspect you were thinking of the Republic of France which shares an undersea border inside the Chunnel

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@SgforgoodStella Crimea is UKRAINE !!

The Ruzzian colonizers should be kicked out and the native Tatars invited back in 🤗👍🏽

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@JewWhoHasItAll 🥺 and 🥲 but 🙄

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@singingsox Ten days after my sixth vaccine dos e, I am going to have an early seating at my favorite restaurant. Local cases are down. My third meal since early February 2020.

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@howlpolitically @ThorslundPeter @SantoshSantolin @mrsorokaa 2.5 million Ukrainians were abducted to be slaves by the Ottomans.

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@GerardAraud Russia has now put every EU nation on it’s list of “unfriendly nations”#

Since the status between the EU and Russia has changed, should not the visa status of Russians change to that of, say, North Koreans & Somalians ?

# Per report, I have not independently confirmed this

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@huey_uno @SamRamani2 The USA, at least under Biden, does not say too much. What we do say is entirely proper, but the C-17s deliver stronger messages than the spokespeople do.

Not everything Ukraine asks for. One reason is logistics. The US military is uniquely focused on logistics & UA must support

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@robert_aterman @SamRamani2 “Considering” -> German excuses