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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" 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: onepoorguy ⎊✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Trump a vacuous moron
Date: 03/03/25 8:27 PM
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So just where will the dudes come from if not the United States?

uhh...no.

If US troops were to show up, that would be a major escalation. Not gonna happen, unless it is a NATO ally (which Ukraine is not). Poland, and a few other close neighbors, would be more likely to send troops than we would be. And I don't see that happening, either.

Just give them the tools. They're fighting for their homes. They are highly motivated.

Meanwhile, Russia is running out of "dudes". They've practically emptied their prisons (most of whom have subsequently died), and are now offering huge signing bonuses to try to replenish their ranks. And the soldiers they are turning out now are green, and trained to the minimum. A large percentage of their experienced corps is dead or unable to continue (wounded and discharged). They're importing fodder...errr...soldiers from DPRK. They're hurting. If we can see Ukraine through the end of 2026, Russia will be spent. And their economy will be a shambles (it isn't that great already).
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