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Prairie Gates

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3. Putin can't take over Donbass

Reply to themaguffin (Reply #1)

Sun May 3, 2026, 10:04 AM

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Putin thought he would take over Ukraine with a paratrooper brigade and a tank column rolling down the main road. He's a moron, and the Russian military is proved out as a paper tiger.

Germany doesn't need US troops to defeat Putin.

All US troops and bases out of Europe now.

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