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To: wiseprince

Oh please, nobody in the Ukrainian military is making complex strategy decisions based on what Freepers in their pajamas are saying

“Russia is running out of missiles” is a logical conclusion ... Russia used a lot, they require high-tech electronics to make, and Russia is now isolated from those crucial parts by sanctions

Ukraine is quite capable of drawing those conclusions by themselves, they don’t need us

we are all just observers, commenting


38 posted on 10/10/2022 9:27:11 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative
Russia is now isolated from those crucial parts by sanctions

Russia isolated? That is a fantasy!

Except for the US and EU, the rest of the world is conducting business as usual with Russia.

41 posted on 10/10/2022 9:48:58 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being manipulated by forces that most do not see)
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To: canuck_conservative
we are all just observers, commenting

I wish. You and your Zelenski fanboys are like a pack of marauding teenagers gutting a 7-Eleven.

44 posted on 10/10/2022 9:55:55 AM PDT by Fairhairedboy (MAGA)
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To: canuck_conservative

Silly conclusion since every country currently sanctioned is also breaking the sanctions. Either way, if they are running operations based off these conclusions, all the more reason they shouldn’t be getting free money.


61 posted on 10/10/2022 11:31:02 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: canuck_conservative

“Oh please, nobody in the Ukrainian military is making complex strategy decisions based on what Freepers in their pajamas are saying”

Sure they are. And I don’t say that glibly.

The Russians and the Chinese (and who knows?) for a long time have spent millions and maybe even billions on trying to influence forums like FR because these forums are quite often used by politically connected people to gauge public opinion.

The responses to each article posted here are a kind of public opinion poll.

The responses can be used by politically connected people to formulate policy and other people may also be swayed by what they perceive as “majority” opinions.

So there’s good reason for some people to think they can influence politicians by influencing people on FR and other forums.

That’s why Yahoo and so many other media took down their opinion forums. The spin of their liberal articles was getting destroyed by the conservative responses in the comments. And it was affecting policy...like who got to be President in 2016.


63 posted on 10/10/2022 11:49:31 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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