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OMG THIS IS A QUICKER FALL THAN FREAKIN AFGHANISTAN WOW! Russia is fuckeddddddd
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130 sats \ 3 replies \ @B_rian 8 Dec
Wow great! How many billions in rebuilding will be funneled from American taxpayers to multinational corporations?
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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 8 Dec
Don't you know?
We can act like this because there can never be any blowback to the US. We are at the "end of history" and all such actions are just perfect one-off events. Everyone will now capitulate and offer no further resistance. These actions are consequence free and only further Americas interest. Problem has been solved. Russia is fucked....easy peasy....
(this is literally how neocons think, and by extension their aides)
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Usually it's mostly American companies.
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Honestly this is a huge Turkey thing not so much of a US. Its likely that Saudi and the UAE will step-up as well to bring into their influence over Iran.
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42 sats \ 7 replies \ @BeeAye 8 Dec
wow. can someone speak to Syria's strategic importance to Russia? I can hypothesize some reasons but anyone with more context/knowledge would love to hear it 🤙
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 8 Dec
Yea, help a brotha out. Why is Russia fuckedddddd ?
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I will write more about this expanding on it but here are some screenshots of an explanation of Russias logistics to Africa
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+1 some ELI5 would be great
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Their only naval base in Mediterranean. And now they need to move all these ships to Baltic Sea (Kaliningrad), as Turkish straits to Black Sea are blocked for them by Turkey because of being at war with Ukraine.
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Ok. But it doesn’t mean like they are fucked, I mean Russia was never associated with the power that controls Middle East?
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Wromg.
Libya and a lot in Africa.
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Yeah this is a huge loss for Russia it goes to show that their airforce has been hurt by Ukraine pretty badly because they should have been able to bomb the hell outta the rebels and slow them down but that never occured
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I was just reading about this.
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This is good news for Ukraine as Putin is now shown to be the pathetic loser he always has been. Whats needed is regime change in Russia. Could be next. Putin gone by Christmas is my pick.
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No this is bad for Putin because this was his only link logistically to Africa where they have been making money (gold) to sustain the economy
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Russia is bleeding money lol
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 8 Dec
Indeed, now it s over ;)
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so who will be taking over from Assad and will it just mean more hardcore Islam? or will this be a good thing?
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There are likely going to be power moves being made by the coalition but looks like the coalition is staying strong! A key thing of their rapid advance was bringing people together and negotiating with the elders across the ethic and religious spectrum to prevent fighting
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Russia has nukes. They are never down
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There are a ton of questions about the state of the nukes. Russia hasn't exactly spent money in upkeep of them for one and even with the next-generation weapons the nuclear parts have malfunctioned a couple of times
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @OT 8 Dec
Is this the same group as Isis?
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105 sats \ 1 reply \ @kristapsk 8 Dec
No. Strategic victory for Turkey, strategic loss for Russia and Iran.
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Thanks for the explanation
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Bitcoin was made for times such as this. Bet any Syrians needing to flee the country on short notice wish they had bitcoin
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This actually isn't causing a flood of people existing but rather people in Turkey who fled in 2013 ready to return!
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i hope anyone associated with the regime had their wealth in btc
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I hope those fools didn't, that was evil dictatorship.
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Bitcoin is for your enemies
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Yes, of course, but doesn't mean I could not hope they didn't find the benefits of Bitcoin.
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