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bluedigger

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8. I don't think so.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 12, 2024, 11:12 PM

Apr 12

Roughly 1,000 men a day have given their lives for Mother Russia for well over a year now. Certainly many have had little choice in their individual circumstances, but collectively they have agreed with their fate. Thinking they are all coerced victims helps us rationalize in our own cultural mind what is incomprehensible. To Russians, its a cultural tradition.

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12 Apr: It started! Russians deploy 80,000 elite troops for the offensive. - Reporting from Ukraine [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 12 OP

Slava Ukraini. Thank you for the update. niyad Apr 12 #1

Are these the elite troops to replace the elite troops who replaced....? GreenWave Apr 12 #2

They had days of "advanced" training in boot camp. nt TexasTowelie Apr 12 #3

This is on the republicans in the House of Representatives. Putin smells victory after trump has BComplex Apr 12 #4

Hey! That was my 8000 th post! BComplex Apr 12 #5

There is little recent evidence that Russia has any elite troops. bluedigger Apr 12 #6

Willing? TexasTowelie Apr 12 #7

I don't think so. bluedigger Apr 12 #8

Considering that the Russians are killing their own troops when they retreat, TexasTowelie Apr 12 #9