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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: PucksFool ✧✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: US pulls all Air Force bombers from UK base
Date: 10/05/26 10:03 AM
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Maybe the Brits quietly said "we don't want to be a part of your made up war"?

That's possible but I think it would have sparked one of Trump's rants.

I wonder if the drone attacks on Russia's strategic bombers last year and last month have anything to do with the withdrawal to more secure bases. Maybe the UK is to close to the frontline in Iran.

nationalsecurityjournal.org - Russia cannot replace its tu bear bombers and ukraine has destroyed about a dozen of them

Ukraine’s June 2025 Operation Spiderweb destroyed roughly 7 Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers and damaged 2 others in a single coordinated strike — the worst Russian bomber loss since the Second World War. Ukrainian first-person view drones were smuggled deep inside Russia in hidden compartments atop commercial transport trucks and struck Olenya, Belaya, and other air bases at the same time. Across the war, Ukraine has damaged or destroyed about a dozen Russian Tu-95s. Russia cannot easily replace the platform — the Tu-95 is a legacy Cold War design and the newer Tu-160 is produced slowly and expensively. Bombers have been pushed steadily farther from the front.
yahoo.com - Ukraine quietly destroying russia irreplaceable

The drone crossed nearly 500 miles of fortified Russian territory before it found its mark.

Ukraine's target – a Tu-95 strategic bomber – sat on the tarmac at Engels-2, an airbase so deep inside Russia that for decades it was considered untouchable.

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