"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

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  1. Bailey

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    If that's the proposal then it seems like it would be hard to turn down.

    Still would be better if the West had given Ukraine enough support from the start to push Russia back to their pre-war borders, but that is years gone now.

    EU membership would be great if it happened, but imagine that could take a decade+ if it can ever happen.

    Fingers crossed.
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    What I have read doesn’t include the Russians pulling out of their portions of Kherson or Zaphoriza, but just the around 40 sq km they hold in Sumy and Kharkiv in return of Ukraine giving up the around 6k sq km in the Donbas that Ukraine continues to hold.
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  3. Bailey

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    That certainly sounds more like Putin, and a much shittier deal.
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  5. Steal Your Face

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    Are you tired of winning yet?
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    Do you know why those regions "historically identity with Russia"? The Russians murdered everyone there, and replaced them with ethnic Russians. And by "historical", you mean the 1930's-50's, then yes, historical. The Russians need to fuck off back where they came from. They're barbarians.
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    Rick will toss his hat into the ring with any group of murderers. :lol:
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    No, he is just fairly consistent in pushing back against wholesale dehumanizing language.
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    Hey @Steal Your Face, curious what wins about this situation you are celebrating?
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    That Trump is working to broker a peace deal.
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    You've just used explicitly genocidal language recalling the fate of Carthage and you want to accuse me of condoning murder?

    Russian toddlers are not "savages". Ever read Tolstoy or Pasternak? Were those guys savages? Are the dissidents in Putin's prisons? The lives of ordinary Russian people are just as valuable as yours or mine.
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    Funny. It doesn't look like he's having any success.
    What happened to his ability to end the war in 24 hours?
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    How’s that ‘winning’ going?
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    LOL, the stick I used to get at TrekBBS for worrying Russian could attack Europe.... Seems I was right to be.
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