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2. Old Europe came to our aid after 9/11. Russia invades its neighbors.

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Mon Dec 29, 2025, 09:20 PM

Dec 29

1968: Soviet Union attacks
Czechoslovakia
1979: Soviet Union attacks
Afghanistan
1992: Russia attacks Georgia
1992: Russia attacks Moldova
1994: Russia attacks Chechnya
1999: Russia attacks Chechnya
2008: Russia attacks Georgia
2014: Russia attacks Ukraine
2025: Russia attacks Syria
2022: Russia attacks Ukraine,
attempts to take Kyiv

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Russia lauds Trump's perception of old europe as the threat [View all] applegrove Dec 29 OP

Oh, look. Putin's giving his lapdog a big bone. Anyone who loves the United States should be so ashamed of our traitor sinkingfeeling Dec 29 #1

Old Europe came to our aid after 9/11. Russia invades its neighbors. surfered Dec 29 #2

The "Old Europe/New Europe" thing goes back farther than Trump. no_hypocrisy Dec 30 #3

Trump knows European leaders laugh at him behind his back. tavernier Dec 30 #4