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Pope Francis suggests the 'barking of NATO at Russia's door' may have forced Putin to invade Ukraine
Fox News ^ | 5/5/22 | Paul Best

Posted on 05/05/2022 6:50:43 AM PDT by JonPreston

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To: logi_cal869
"Geopolitics is not your strong suit."

I suspect mine is as strong as yours....

81 posted on 05/05/2022 3:11:22 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
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To: entropy12

Ah, first you are talking about the Cuban missile crisis and now you say it’s all about tanks. That’s called “moving the goalposts”. Regardless, it’s still an irrelevant argument, since there were ALREADY NATO members sharing a direct border with Russia that tanks could roll right through before Ukraine ever made an attempt to join NATO (an attempt that was not successful, another reason that your argument is a load of manure).


82 posted on 05/06/2022 5:28:52 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

Are you really low IQ? US initiated Cuban missile crises IN SPITE of Cuba being 90 miles away separated by deep ocean water. Russia has no such luxury.

Did your brain register how quickly Russian ground armor invaded Ukraine? In case you are unable to comprehend that, I will make it simple for you. It it because Ukraine and Russia share a land border. Why would Russia tolerate NATO ground armor right smack on it’s border in Ukraine?

Anyway I have no interest in debating with low IQ posters. Have a nice day.

Russians are not stupi


83 posted on 05/06/2022 9:23:50 AM PDT by entropy12 (No vaccine can "prevent" infection. Vaccines can help after infection with additional anti-bodies.)
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“US initiated Cuban missile crises IN SPITE of Cuba being 90 miles away separated by deep ocean water. Russia has no such luxury.”

I’m afraid the issue here is your historical illiteracy. You simply don’t understand the reasons we wouldn’t tolerate missile in Cuba were dependent on the technological limitations of nuclear technology at the time, limitations which no longer exist, and therefore, the situation is completely irrelevant today.

To put it simply, Russia wanted to put missiles in Cuba because AT THAT TIME they could not reliably strike the interior of the US with their nuclear weapons based in the Eastern hemisphere. That situation doesn’t exist anymore, and hasn’t for many decades. Both Russia and the USA can target any city in either country without any need to base our missiles in any 3rd-party country at all.

So perhaps you should go and read at least a book or two about the relevant facts before making a silly attempt to call someone “low IQ” because of your failure to grasp the issues at hand.


84 posted on 05/06/2022 10:32:05 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

You just proved again, your IQ needs to be improved.
For the LAST TIME, the main point about Cuban missile crisis was, a super-power does not like enemy weapons close to it’s border. Mexico has played it very smart. Mexico never tried to get in bed with enemy camp of USA. Result is Mexico has much better economic levels than during Cuban missile crisis. Ukraine’s home erotic dancer Zelensky pushed for NATO membership, and the hapless Ukrainians are paying the price.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CDJejIZOgU


85 posted on 05/06/2022 10:42:41 AM PDT by entropy12 (No vaccine can "prevent" infection. Vaccines can help after infection with additional anti-bodies.)
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” the main point about Cuban missile crisis was, a super-power does not like enemy weapons close to it’s border”

No, it was not. It was about Russia extending the effective range of it’s nuclear umbrella. Anyone who has a smidge of knowledge about the subject knows this, but you obviously don’t. Go read a book, ignoramus.


86 posted on 05/06/2022 7:03:42 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: JonPreston; Karl Spooner
Francis is opposed to the teachings of the Catholic Church and is functionally a anti-pope.

Gonzalo Lira is a complete fraud. I've covered how much of a phony he is more than once.

Kiwi farms has a long running thread on him: Gonzalo Lira / Coach Red Pill / expat229 - Scam Artist, Male Feminist Pretending to be Alt-Right, Possible Rapist?, Liar, Failed Economist

87 posted on 08/13/2022 6:55:41 AM PDT by Widget Jr (Disobey your television.)
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