• ex10n
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    Deployed troops, not troop reserves. The estimates are fairly accurate and have been fact checked by multiple intelligence groups. There’s burn pits for the bodies of dead Russians, don’t exactly need a graveyard when they go up in smoke.

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      Source: “intelligence agencies” that you don’t even name or provide a link to

      Evidence: it’s all been burned and so doesn’t exist. The fact the evidence doesn’t exist is proof that it’s true.

      Just google it bro

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        The 87% is from the US latest estimate of 315,000 casualties. This lines up fairly well with Ukrainian reports, as well as UK, and AUS reports. Fortunately burn pits are hard to hide from satellite imagery.

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            Unfortunately my access to these images is limited due to the sensitive nature of the military optics involved, however in the future, the ICC will judiciate these war crimes, and the evidence will likely see public eyes.

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              So what you’re saying is that some people claim there are photos? Then the evidence isn’t photos but testimony until those photos are produced

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                Yessir, the evidence should see public eyes in due time.

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                    Even without those images, the documented attrocities by both Hamas and the IDF are abhorrent. Needless loss of life is terrible and should be condemned. I’m glad I live in a country that openly condemns the violence facing civilians in the region.

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                To be fair, the ICC doesn’t act preemptively, it adjudicates matters of the past. South Africa as every right to promote an investigation, as every war/conflict should be investigated thoroughly.

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              Honestly understandable sometimes its the smallest thing that sets you off, could see myself doing the same

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            This really depends on the war/conflict being discussed, but generally speaking the US’s global policy is to support democracy and the humane treatment of humans. Respecting this general stance, it’s easy to back Ukraine in a defensive manor, protecting the sovereign control from foreign Russian aggression.

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                As in a 1 or a 0? Generally speaking quantum dynamics dictates a gray area is more in line with today’s reasoning.

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              Fuck, I remember you now, you’re that fucker who made it like two comments into defending that ridiculous thesis a few months ago before turning around and crying to some other instance that I said something that I plainly didn’t. I don’t remember exactly what it was. I think I discussed the DPRK, but there was something else to it too.

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                I won’t continue a discussion with someone using that type of language. Please refrain from language that does not promote thoughtful discourse.

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                  This is such a pathetic line from someone who cannot contradict the assumption that the US are the good guys. The only time I ever saw you change your position was when you went from going “yeah, some of those other times were bad, but they are good now!” to “the Vietnam War was in defense of democracy”.

                  Absolute fucking clown. I hope you’re a fed because it means they are wasting some of their subversion budget paying incompetents like you.

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                    Once again, your use of language is a disgrace to meaningful debate. Please learn some civility in dealing with these matters, it’ll pay out dividends down the road.

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            You’re welcome to cite alternatives! I’ll hear your arguments!

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                I won’t discuss further if you’re going to use unproductive language in this discourse. Thanks for understanding!

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                    Interesting take! Falls short with the fascist claim.

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                    I’m about as far from a fascist as it comes, but to each their own. Democratic debate is a core belief of mine.

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      Which intelligence groups? Surely ones with actual credibility, right? Not the ones that lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Not the ones that lied about covid being a Chinese bioweapon while murdering their own citizens because doing something to protect people from covid would reduce profits. Not the ones that lied about Hamas beheading babies. Any intelligence group that ever spread any of those lies has zero credibility.

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        US, UK, AUS, and Germany for example. Good cooroboration by nations acting independently. Trust but verify holds true.

        Aside: Trumps handling of the Coronavirus was abhorrent. He in no way resonates the beliefs of the majority of Americans. He didn’t win by plurality.

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          So ones with no credibility as I just demonstrated. Verify that they’ve lied to you in the past, but trust that they won’t this time.

          How was Trump’s handling of covid any different than Biden’s? They both pushed the strategy of doing less testing so we have less cases. Vaccine uptake was abysmal under both, and will only get worse now that vaccines have gone from being free to costing almost $200. The majority of Americans have been gathering without masks at places like restaurants since day 1 because corporate media has constantly said sacrificing people for the economy is good, and no public official has even attempted to do anything to stop that. Trump’s covid response was bipartisan from the start.

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            Actually many American’s chose to wear masks, including myself, based on public health guidance. There’s definitely some inadvisable decisions made by those largely under the Trump umbrella, but they’re an outlier that make for entertaining news segments.

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              Yeah, the people under the Trump umbrella were pretty bad. Remember when they spat in the face of science and public health to cut the isolation period for covid cases in half because delta airlines complained about losing money? It’s crazy that some people don’t condemn them for that and tragic that there were never any criminal charges for such an incredible abuse of power.

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                There’s been a lot of condemnation handed out for their actions, not sure why you’d think otherwise?

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                  That was an example of Biden’s covid response. We agree that Trump’s administration should be condemned for its handling of covid. It seems we also agree that Biden’s administration should be condemned for its handling of covid.

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                    I read this multiple times over and it’s still not making sense, care to reiterate?