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January 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/_ChaChaChance/status/1082020097131196418
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"Since hair can't be preserved in fossils we can't rule out the possibility that dinosaurs looked.."
Since hair cant be preserved in fossils we cant rule out the possibility that dinosaurs looked like this
https://twitter.com/_ChaChaChance/status/1082020097131196418
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January 3, 2019
Also here:
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-meeting-grievances-20190102-story.html
Trump: "the Soviets were right to invade Afghanistan in 1979"
https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/1080593402092314624With everything else that he said today, it may not get as much attention, but it still stands out that the president of the United States today said the Soviets were right to invade Afghanistan in 1979. Pretty sure thats a first for an American leader.
Also here:
Later, in a long riff about Afghanistan, Trump seemed to endorse Moscows 1979 invasion of the country an act that the U.S. viewed as an attempt to spread communism and waged a long, covert operation to combat during the Carter and Reagan administrations.
The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia, Trump said, making a case to leave the policing of hot spots in the Mideast and Central Asia to countries in the region. They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.
The Soviet Union eventually was bankrupted by its Afghan war, Trump added. Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia, because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.
Historians generally agree that the Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Afghanistan was one of several factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the country never went bankrupt.
The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia, Trump said, making a case to leave the policing of hot spots in the Mideast and Central Asia to countries in the region. They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.
The Soviet Union eventually was bankrupted by its Afghan war, Trump added. Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia, because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan.
Historians generally agree that the Russian invasion and subsequent occupation of much of Afghanistan was one of several factors that contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, although the country never went bankrupt.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-meeting-grievances-20190102-story.html
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