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Warpy

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8. This might be Putin's "Hail Mary Pass"

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2025, 05:28 PM

Sep 21

because directly threatening a low population country like Estonia without an appropriate response from NATO will be what breaks the NATO alliance apart, other member states thinking no one will come to their aid, either.

He's probably right about King Wuss in the White House. I don't see France, Poland or the UK letting this happen quite so easily.

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Here's why Russia's MiG - 31s are now useless against NATO [View all] orangecrush Sep 21 OP

So, what happened? I don't have time to watch the video. Thanks. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 21 #1

Bunch of NATO members orangecrush Sep 21 #10

How about a quick summary about this motherfucking Putin's toy? SoFlaBro Sep 21 #2

MiG 31 orangecrush Sep 21 #11

Why are Russian Mig-31s useless against NATO? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 21 #3

Massive response from NATO members orangecrush Sep 21 #12

Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #23

YW orangecrush Monday #25

"having these enter your airspace would be a 5 alarm fire" seems the opposite of "useless against NATO" muriel_volestrangler Sep 21 #4

Massive response from NATO members orangecrush Sep 21 #13

something about nato article 4 Tetrachloride Sep 21 #5

Yup orangecrush Sep 21 #14

Disinformation strikes again. littlemissmartypants Sep 21 #6

Watching the video orangecrush Sep 21 #15

Oh, I get it orangecrush Sep 21 #19

Poland is indirectly exerting pressure on China to dial back ruzzias deliberate airspace violations... mitch96 Sep 21 #7

Thank you orangecrush Sep 21 #16

This might be Putin's "Hail Mary Pass" Warpy Sep 21 #8

Thanks Warpy orangecrush Sep 21 #17

who are these videos from/by? nt msongs Sep 21 #9

Just a guess orangecrush Sep 21 #18

The second video orangecrush Sep 21 #20

The first is "PPR Global", who take news reports and package them for YouTube videos muriel_volestrangler Monday #24

Aw shucks orangecrush Monday #26

Looks like NATO can do the job. To count oasis Sep 21 #21

Agree orangecrush Monday #22

The new USSR, like tRump, is a yuge shitbag of corruption predending to be legit. They are a paper tiger, a bully who ImNotGod Monday #27

Agree 100% orangecrush Monday #28

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