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Those Scary and Dangerous Russkies

THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023

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April 20, 2023

Those Scary and Dangerous Russkies
It was always inevitable that the Pentagon’s and the CIA’s “war on terrorism” would begin fizzling out, especially as the number of foreigners they were killing significantly diminished. When U.S. forces got booted out of Afghanistan and began killing significantly less people in Iraq, the rage that motivates terrorists to strike began going down.  That’s undoubtedly why the Pentagon hedged its bets …

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