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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" 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: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Let’s See If This Pans Out for Putin
Date: 08/21/25 2:44 PM
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They provided some dudes, guns and money - but never enough to allow the Colonists to drive the British off the continent.


Other that stuffing the British Navy at Yorktown?

By definition, analogous situations are not identical - they have differences.

You guys are straining mightily to use the American Revolution to equate to the Ukraine even though they're not remotely similar. In almost any way.

Not relevant.
Not relevant? You understand the difference between the Colonies being official British Territory vs. the Ukraine being invaded by an outsider?

Of course the parallels exist.
No, they don't. The French were engaged in fighting, NATO is not. The French in fact were fighting the British on their own in the Americas and other places, NATO is not.

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