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1. bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Sunday, 06-Mar-2022 04:09:51 UTC bs2

   • clacke@libranet.de is my main
   • Strypey

   @strypey In the basic outlines of history, it seems like it's been the West that attacks (encircles) both Russia and China. For Russia we have that #Minard poster and people from Sweden (@clacke). For China I think the Opium War tells us a lot. My general impression is that the Middle Kingdom wasn't interested enough in other lands to do a lot of invading and trading. But Galeano writes that there were impressive exchanges, it's just that they didn't colonize and make genocidal history...

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 06-Mar-2022 04:09:51 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Strypey
     @bsmall2 In 1991 we thought that centuries of Russian aggression was over. We thought the end of history might be Russia joining the EU. It because outdated to use Russia as the example enemy in military exercises. Nobody wanted to contain Russia. We started to question having military defense at all and started demobilizing.
     
     One person changed all that and it was Putin.
     
     @strypey
   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 06-Mar-2022 04:13:03 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     it became* outdated
   • skylar :confederateflag:🍹🌱🇷🇺 (skylar@wolfgirl.bar)'s status on Sunday, 06-Mar-2022 05:50:51 UTC skylar :confederateflag:🍹🌱🇷🇺

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     • Strypey
     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
     @clacke @strypey @bsmall2
     >look how close Russia put their country to all our military bases and missile platforms, they must be up to something!!!
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