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Russian-Occupied Donetsk, Mariupol Face Collapse Amid Severe Water Shortage
Radio Free Europe ^ | 8/2/2025 | Merhat Sharipzhan

Posted on 08/04/2025 5:30:12 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

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To: tennmountainman
---- "No one is keeping him [ Zelensky ] from going on the offensive."

This and similar threads are instructive. You've been responded to by some who participate in an extremely long other thread, begun by SpeedyInTexas -- remember him? the "nuclear war" Freeper.

"I would rather the world end in nuclear war than yield to Little Pukin." 15 posted on 10/12/2022, 7:02:03 AM by SpeedyInTexas (RuZZia is the enemy of all mankind)

It is as if a horrid war -- horrid for Ukrainians, Russians and some others as well -- is sport. To whit:
To PIF -- 18,883 posted on 8/4/2025, 8:19:58 AM by blitz128

To 'blank' -- 18,880 posted on 8/4/2025, 7:36:36 AM by PIF

To FtrPilot -- 18,862 posted on 8/3/2025, 2:29:34 PM by marcusmaximus

"Nuclear war" as a threat was raised right here on Free Republic in 2022. Indeed, the war is mot tuning out as many have planned. But one thing is certain:
US National debt -- $37,189,412,150,271 and rising fast

21 posted on 08/04/2025 7:47:25 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: tennmountainman

Because he cares about his people, unlike pitin and his meat grinder tactic.

“ never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake”


22 posted on 08/04/2025 7:51:40 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Speedy has left the building. LOL.


23 posted on 08/04/2025 7:55:08 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: blitz128

The truth is Zelensky does not have the warm male bodies to go on the offensive.
Or he would have already done so.


24 posted on 08/04/2025 7:58:38 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: marcusmaximus

Is there anything left in Mariupol? I’ve seen the film.


25 posted on 08/04/2025 8:00:25 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: kaktuskid
Is there anything left in Mariupol?

Chechens and other garbage that Putin have been importing into the bombed out city from his craphole republics in the east.
26 posted on 08/04/2025 8:14:32 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: tennmountainman; aMorePerfectUnion
--- "Speedy has left the building. LOL."

Nope. He's still around and active as of last month. Proof ---

To: PIF -- 18,336 posted on 7/15/2025, 12:47:52 PM by SpeedyInTexas

SpeedyInTexas Comments

Proof positive that "nuclear war" Speedy, from 2022 to last month, is very much around. His chums on this thread are fully aware. Now you are too.

As his most recent tagline states: "Defeat the Pro-RuZZia wing of the Republican Party." Given the rising national debt, the fact of "Biden's war" and Democrats in Congress, it seems the divide politically is no longer Republican versus Democrat. Demonstrably so. It is between massive debt and even more massive debt.

Herb Stein's observation is apt for wars as it is for debt. "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop."

27 posted on 08/04/2025 8:59:31 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Sorry to hear Speedy is still here. I thought he went the way of the Canuck conservative.


28 posted on 08/04/2025 9:58:54 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: tennmountainman
-- "Sorry to hear Speedy is still here. I thought he went the way of the Canuck conservative."

Sorry to pop the imagery. CanuckConservative is also still active, though not so visilby.

201 posted on 5/26/2025, 8:37:11 AM by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)

canuck_conservative posts and comments


29 posted on 08/04/2025 10:18:22 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: USA-FRANCE

Whippersnapper, me and the boys was sweatin’ bullets back in the fall of ‘57 watchin’ that Spootnick flyin’ over our country.
Those godless commie primates ...


30 posted on 08/04/2025 10:56:20 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice; marcusmaximus; PIF; tlozo

“Whippersnapper, me and the boys was sweatin’ bullets back in the fall of ‘57 watchin’ that Spootnick flyin’ over our country.
Those godless commie primates ...”

>>>>>>>>>>>>

The Russians are not primates. On the other hand, the impostors and corrupt politicians running the Kremlin clearly are.

The Soviets threw men into the void on half-tested rockets, gambling lives for propaganda. Sure, they got a head start — but at what cost? Their strategy was reckless, prioritizing headlines over safety, and it led to countless silent tragedies hidden behind the Iron Curtain. America chose precision over panic. We took the time to engineer reliability, to protect life — not just parading.

If we had followed the Soviet model of brute-force trial and error, we would have beaten them into orbit with ease - not even a contest. But we didn’t sacrifice our principles — or our people — for the sake of beating the stopwatch and win a cheap propaganda war. And that’s the difference between a sprint and a legacy. We didn’t just aim to get there first — we aimed to stay, thrive, and lead. Look what Russia does today... they can’t even land a tiny robot on the moon, their “gadget” miserably failed as it crashed... as does most Russian stuff. The Kremlinists follow a religion called “Kaput”.


31 posted on 08/04/2025 11:31:31 AM PDT by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
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To: USA-FRANCE

Yep, just two more weaks.
Kick in the front door, the whole rotten structure collapses.
Napoleon, Hitler, You


32 posted on 08/04/2025 11:44:38 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Wow. I’m busted up.


33 posted on 08/04/2025 5:10:56 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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