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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" 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: rayvt ✧☼🐝🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: War, currencies and jurisdictions
Date: 06/10/25 11:25 AM
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"NATO told Russia they won't accept applications from its neighbors. They broke that promise."

I see that many in here are victims of Russian propaganda.


One of the sites I read, I think it might be Kin Du Toit, keeps posting a gif saying:
"Everything they tell you is a lie, and No I don't have a f'king link!"

Russia apparently thinks that that promise was made or implied. We know that much of Diplomatic Language is couched in implication and innuendo rather than direct statements. Doesn't really matter either way, Russia is acting as if that promise was made.

In any case, Russia very clearly told NATO what their red line was.
NATO ignored that statement and here we are.

It sucks to be a small country on the border of a large paranoid neighbor.
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