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To: OneVike

The Crimean War in the mid-19th century was originally sold as a religious war (Russia wanted to protect Christians from Turkish persecution). Of course, that wasn’t really what the nations cared about. But it was good PR then, maybe good PR now.


2 posted on 02/27/2022 7:47:27 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Weak people see themselves as victims; such people should not be in charge of anything.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

When Pooti took Crimea he paraded a Russian Orthodox Icon around to several cities.


4 posted on 02/27/2022 7:51:18 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I think I'm leaning Latvian Orthodox this time.


14 posted on 02/27/2022 9:22:46 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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15 posted on 02/28/2022 5:30:59 AM PST by SJackson (If I'm elected President ... we're going to cure cancer, Brandon, June 2019)
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