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BlueSpot

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13. It takes many years to grow a soldier

Reply to MadameButterfly (Reply #1)

Fri May 22, 2026, 12:16 AM

22 hrs ago

I don't think Putin/Russia has that long. I think they'll be asking for peace long before those children grow up.

I just hope the kids have someone to go home to and that they haven't been brainwashed too thoroughly.

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