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Massive article on how badly Comrade Putin misjudged Ukraine, NATO, and Russia's armed forces, and screwed up in grand historical fashion.
1 posted on 12/18/2022 6:00:35 AM PST by Timber Rattler
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2 posted on 12/18/2022 6:03:22 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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... lumbering through fallow autumn fields with Kalashnikov rifles from half a century ago

AK-47: Designed by Kalashnikov in 1947


3 posted on 12/18/2022 6:05:13 AM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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Massive article on how badly Comrade Putin misjudged Ukraine, NATO, and Russia's armed forces, and screwed up in grand historical fashion.

But... Why would I believe anything from the New York Times?

5 posted on 12/18/2022 6:10:40 AM PST by marktwain
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Europeans know who destroyed those gas pipelines and eventually they’re going to start saying it out loud.

Fake news works until it doesn’t.


6 posted on 12/18/2022 6:15:25 AM PST by Chunga85 (An arrogant govt combined with an ignorant population is a recipe for disaster.)
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NYT massive bs alert.

Keep that money flowing, winning !

7 posted on 12/18/2022 6:16:10 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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Do you really believe the NY times? If they aren’t honest with us then they sure are lying about Putin. Propaganda is propaganda. They are trying to demoralize him.It may not be as bad as they say.


8 posted on 12/18/2022 6:17:39 AM PST by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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Is this the same NYT that dismissed hunter’s laptop for over 2 years?


10 posted on 12/18/2022 6:21:16 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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More realistically, the U.S. war. If we had not been heavily involved since 2014 and even more so now, we wouldn’t all be in this position. And no one asks themselves why we care SO much about this, when we didn’t care this much when they invaded with greater force at any point over the last 75 years. Why is the Ukraine THE place we all risk everything for.


12 posted on 12/18/2022 6:43:15 AM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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the part about making the invasion decision alone is far too believable ... and disturbing

and it seems like the Kremlin’s “press releases from the President” are actually in 2 distinct, different camps ... those that tow the hard-core Putin line (NATO is a US-led dictatorship, Russia is about to use nukes, etc.), and then a second, more-sane group (Russia wants to work with the US, nukes would only be a last-resort thing, etc.)

we’ve seen both of these groups go back-and-forth several times in the last 4 months ... there would seem to be some sort of internal argument going on in Russia ...


14 posted on 12/18/2022 7:02:04 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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Story has so many authors it has to be true. /sarc
15 posted on 12/18/2022 7:08:43 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11551031/Russia-sends-opera-singers-actors-circus-performers-Ukraine-line-boost-morale.html


17 posted on 12/18/2022 7:51:13 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Unfortunately the NYT link does not allow one to read this “massive article” unless one signs up in some manner. Can anyone post a URL that will bypass this procedure? I would love to read the article but my computer non-skills make it hard/impossible for me to do so with the link available above.


18 posted on 12/18/2022 7:55:45 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question authority!)
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full article

https://archive.vn/qqOiV


19 posted on 12/18/2022 8:38:19 AM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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Just like the Russo-Japanese War.


20 posted on 12/18/2022 8:50:29 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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NY Slimes ............... ROFL
Why do u post such left wing trash?
“Eat More Dog!” like ur buddy MucusMaximum
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Another bad day for Z
Ukes have lost control of Marinka
today’s update from mil Summary Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRogXToK_iA


22 posted on 12/18/2022 10:23:41 AM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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