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To: marcusmaximus
Engels Air Force Base (Russian: Энгельс, formally Engels-2) is a strategic bomber military airbase in Russia located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) east of Saratov. Engels is a major bomber operations base, and is Russia's sole operating location for the Tupolev Tu-160 (NATO: Blackjack) strategic bomber. The base has a 3,500-metre (11,500 ft) runway and about 10 large revetments. It is named after the nearby city of Engels, which is named after the Communist philosopher, Friedrich Engels.

Waiting for a Putinista to chirp "See? America renames things due to wokeness...Russia holds on to tradition."

2 posted on 12/25/2022 5:07:32 PM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DoodleBob

You ain’t gonna like the nuclear war you want so badly.


3 posted on 12/25/2022 5:11:08 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: DoodleBob

Yet they can’t wait to tell us there is “no communism in Russia.” LOL.


10 posted on 12/25/2022 5:35:39 PM PST by lodi90
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To: DoodleBob; marcusmaximus

Why all this “Putin”, “Putinista” business?

This war is about a conflict of vital national interests. No Russian leader, Putin or his successor, is going to abandon their own view of Russia’s interests in this matter.

In fact, it is very likely that if US interference in this war forces Putin out, the result won’t be peace, but a much wider war with the dead maybe in the millions.

I mean, argue about the policy, sure. But those of us who support noninterference in the internal affairs of Russia and Ukraine don’t do it out of any feelings for Putin, but rather how we view our own national interest.


29 posted on 12/25/2022 6:19:10 PM PST by Jim Noble (I feel my heart beat faster any place in the neighborhood of the Astor)
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