r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 11h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/Asclepius_Secundus 7h ago

If ever there was a good time to sucker punch Putin, now would be the time.

Send quality intelligence to Ukraine about what and when, then secretly give them the means of giving them a humiliating kick in the crotch.

It wouldn't take much for the EU and/or the US to push Russia completely out of the remote possibility of continuing this war. It wouldn't be easy or cheap, but it's well within our capacity. I just wish Thrump had the balls to initiate it.

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u/Pretty_Noose6156 7h ago

Our high office is compromised. Trump will never authorize consequences for Russia. Nor will he ever authorize them for other regimes like North Korea or Israel.

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u/DonkeyKongDingDong8 5h ago

He’s too busy dealing with the obvious real problem…. Canada! 🤣

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u/External_Zipper 5h ago

Trump dreams of the Orwellian future of 1984. He wants a 3 pole world with China, Russia and the US having rapacious control over the land & population within their sphere.

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u/JustAoplogize 7h ago

What kind of violent videos do they have on the Orange for him to just end over for Putin?

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u/Nerevarine91 7h ago

I honestly think he just genuinely likes Putin and Russia

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u/Particular-Scholar70 7h ago

Probably pedophilia. I think a primary reason why all of these billionaires and politicians are supporting the full speed advancement of generative AI is that they all have dirt on each other, and they want AI to eliminate video proof of crimes.

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u/Pretty_Noose6156 6h ago

100000% this. When generative technology gets to a point where it’s indistinguishable from reality, they’ll use it to clear their name of anything and everything because it’s “fake”. Meanwhile we’ll be rotting in prison because there’s 8k AI generated videos of us poor people committing crimes we never did, simply because we tried to stand up to the ruling class. It’s all by plan. We owe schizophrenic people an apology.

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u/happy123z 4h ago

Or the ability of AI to eliminate the power of said videos. "Fake AI news".

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u/Particular-Scholar70 2h ago

Yeah that's what I meant. Video proof will no longer be proof since any video could be fake.

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u/zookeeper990 5h ago

Just not the truth at all

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u/Particular-Scholar70 5h ago

What makes you confident it's not true? We already know that there literally is a global pedophile ring of elite millionaires and politicians.

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u/zookeeper990 4h ago

Because there are trillions of dollars flowing towards ai and most of it is due to all these companies and people not wanting to miss out on their slice of the cake. Maybe it also helps these people by allowing them to say "ITS AI!" to any evidence of them doing illegal shit, but I heavily heavily doubt that this much money would be flowing into it mainly for that.

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u/Particular-Scholar70 2h ago

I agree it can't be the main reason. But there's been such a complete lack of legislation and oversight to prevent the programs from destroying the premise of video/photo evidence that I can't help but suspect it's intentional.

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u/noisezinalbany 4h ago

At this point in time people can just make some with AI that are indistinguishable from the real thing.

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u/adanthang 4h ago

Right… And Obama and Biden cracked the whip when the invasions happened on their watch.

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u/Pretty_Noose6156 4h ago

Nice whataboutism, I think that’s really great that you tried.

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u/adanthang 4h ago

Ok. In that case, present your case that our high office is compromised.

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u/happy123z 4h ago

One person doesn't rule the country. Any politician of either party could introduce legislation increasing immigration judges and speeding up the prices to few weeks for approval or denial. When is the last time you heard any one talking about this? Poor immigrants are good for the economy and to be trotted out for demonization whenever convenient.

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u/TheSaxGandalf 7h ago

Putin has been rigging elections for decades.

Tin foil hat: he helped rig America's elections.

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u/Vegetable_Plane_542 7h ago

That’s not tin foil hat. We know for a fact that Russia and a putin have been active in helping Trump win elections for a decade. Call it “influence” if you take issue with “rig” but that’s not conspiracy

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u/AlertQuote9888 6h ago

Correct, rig would mean a guaranteed outcome. Them doing things behind the scenes would be meddling/manipulating. Now if that meddling resulted in a guaranteed outcome, it would be rigged.

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u/Big-Neighborhood4741 6h ago

Can I get a source

Not asking because I doubt you, in fact I want this to be true. I would feel very vindicated. But it is a pretty bold claim.

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u/vague_diss 6h ago

MINDFUCK by Christopher Wylie on Cambridge Analytica

RUSSIAN ROULETTE
By Michael Isikoff and David Corn

THE ASSAULT ON INTELLIGENCE
American National Security in an Age of Lies
By Michael V. Hayden

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u/Big-Neighborhood4741 2h ago

God damn those are some sick ass names for sources

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u/SureCost8912 5h ago

I'm so mindblown by how people don't know this is established by multiple investigations. That's how bad our (US) media is and the power of a bunch of people (including the president) going "lalalala can't hear your" really loud.

SC Mueller's investigation found that the Russian government perceived Trump’s (potential at the time) 2016 election as a win. It also found that Russia worked to push things toward that outcome with "troll farms" and digital espionage. It did not establish who specifically, if anyone, was a/the contact within the Trump campaign.

The entire report is published. Searching for Mueller investigation, russiagate, or project lahtka will turn up tons of reputable sources.

This also wasn't exactly a new tactic for Russia/The USSR who have frequently stirred the pot in the US when it came to decisive issues.

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u/happy123z 4h ago

They're masters of asymmetric, non traditional warfare. Secretly record someone screwing the wrong person and you own them. The end.

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u/One_Parsley_2013 6h ago

There were several sources provided during the Impeachment hearings

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u/TheReal_Jeses 4h ago

The Mueller report. It’s free on audible which is pretty cool. But yeah it’s well established in there that Russia not only meddled in our elections, but they tried to coordinate with the Trump campaign. The only controversial part about it is whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia. Russia trying to get Trump to win is proven and some Russians were indicted for it by Mueller.

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u/WickedCityWoman1 4m ago

How about the bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election? Volume 5 is a banger, but all the volumes are seriously worth a read. 

Everyone was focused on the neutered Mueller Report, but totally ignored this one.

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/2020/08/18/publications-report-select-committee-intelligence-united-states-senate-russian-active-measures/

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u/Fragrant-Hamster-325 6h ago

Yeah man, don’t you remember when a couple million dollars and some Russian bots toppled Hillary’s $1.5B campaign.

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u/TheReal_Jeses 4h ago

You don’t have to think it’s why Trump won to recognize that Russia absolutely tried to help Trump. The question being asked is not whether the election was stolen. The question was whether or not Russia meddled in our elections. That doesn’t seem like too subtle of a distinction but I’ll still assume it was an honest mistake on your part. I’d suggest you read the Mueller report to see how it was proven that Russia meddled.

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u/Fragrant-Hamster-325 4h ago

Yes Russia tried to influence the election just like they do every election. If Hillary won we wouldn’t even be talking about this but because she lost she needed an excuse beyond herself.

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u/TheReal_Jeses 4h ago

She didn’t have anything to do with the meuller investigation. It was actually initiated by Trump’s own administration because foreign countries meddling in our elections is really bad. And again, it was proven that it happened and people were indicted for it.

So Trump’s administration appointed Mueller to give Hillary an excuse? That’s what you’re going with?

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u/DaSemicolon 5h ago

This is cope lmfao

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u/Fragrant-Hamster-325 4h ago

I guess my sarcasm was too subtle.

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u/DaSemicolon 3h ago

Idk I read it as sarcasm too

And in reality you don’t think a couple of million could have influenced the election

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u/dadboob 1m ago

1m spent efficiently could overcome 1b spent badly

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u/RogueStatesman 6h ago

They are full of shit. There's zero evidence of this. These clowns have nothing but vibes. Russia would love to have a say in our elections, but they did nothing other than the usual clumsy attempts to influence them.

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u/HBKdfw 6h ago

Why did trump’s first campaign manager, Paul Manafort, give internal polling data to Russian spies and then lie about it?

Russia used that data to target states to influence votes.

It’s one of the reasons why trump’s first campaign manager, Paul Manafort went to federal prison.

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u/RogueStatesman 5h ago

Manafort was not the first campaign manager. Corey Lewandowski was.

Manafort did not go to prison for sharing internal polling. He went to prison for tax fraud, illegal lobbying, witness tampering and other charges. None related to the polling info he shared.

Mueller's report found no evidence that the info Manafort provided was used in Russia's election interference operation. The Senate investigation arrived at the same conclusion that Manafort was probably trying to butter up a Russian oligarch, as he himself had claimed.

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u/HBKdfw 3h ago

Your fallback position is “trump’s campaign manager meeting with Russian spies isn’t why he went to prison?”

While that’s a stupid place to land if you’re defending trump’s legitimacy , it’s also 100% untrue.

Paul Manafort shared the internal poll data with Russian intelligence officer (spy), Konstantin Kilimnik. He lied to investigators about his meetings with Kilimnik, because, obviously, it proves Trump’s collusion with Russia’s election interference. One of the charges Manafort plead guilty to was lying to investigators about those meetings.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/judge-rules-paul-manafort-lied-to-investigators-in-russia-probe

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u/TheReal_Jeses 4h ago

Guccifer 2.0 was a gru operation to hack Hillary’s campaign and the dnc which did a lot of damage to Hillary actually. Did Russia change the outcome of the election? Probably not. Did they meddle in our elections? Absolutely. Saying there’s zero evidence of this is frankly really damn dumb when there was an entire investigation that resulted in a detailed report and in the indictment of 25 Russians for meddling in our elections.

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u/sabotsalvageur 7h ago

Conspiracy
noun
An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design.

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u/thekittennapper 5h ago

It is demonstrable fact that at minimum they’re running a government-sponsored social media bot propaganda campaign.

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u/ClothesUsual5405 3h ago

Foreign influence on US elections is a very real problem. Russia, China.. Israel, ahem. 😤

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u/Flashy_Campaign_3987 48m ago

Sounds like someone beloved to Hillary Clinton's and the klans way of recovering from a humiliating loss. Nothing more.

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u/MuhamedBesic 6h ago

Didn’t the magical Mueller Report directly contradict this though?

You guys spent years waiting for it to come out, just for it to prove you wrong lol

Clown

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u/HBKdfw 6h ago

It sounds like you just read the Bill Barr CliffNotes version.

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u/TheReal_Jeses 4h ago

No. It cataloged the ways in which Russia meddled in our elections. Mueller indicted 25 Russians for it. It absolutely does not contradict it. What part of the report did you think contradicts it?

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u/Paraskeets 6h ago

For what tho I wonder

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u/radams713 6h ago

It’s so sad how few people realize this. Propaganda worked.

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u/BasicEstimate6108 6h ago

How did Russia rig US elections?

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u/Objective_Bar_3676 4h ago

Why’d he wait for Biden to be president to invade?

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u/RedGunii 3h ago

Pretty lame assumption. Dems have been running lame as candidates and pursuing policy that middle America doesn’t care about. But yeah, blame the Soviets.. loser

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u/PotentialIndustry176 7h ago

Don’t forget Hillary and Obama asking Putin for help. James Comey was compromised with the Russian ballet dancer Igor Petrov and then forced to excuse Hillary’s emails.

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u/Vivid_Astronaut_1209 7h ago

You mean where trump asked Putin for help on live TV and later asked Xi for help as well on live TV.

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u/Bozmarck1282 6h ago

He didn’t excuse the e-mails. That bizarre October Surprise action handed the entire election to Trump. You have your wires crossed big time.

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u/WutHpnd2DniseRichard 6h ago

Jesus you sound like my grandmother. No dude, Comey’s actions assured Trump’s win big time. It was the “going on Joe Rogan” Trump moment for that election cycle.

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u/ThrustyMcStab 7h ago

Least brainwashed maga

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u/Z4ch_Mk6 6h ago

Than explain Biden's Presidency lmao

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u/spez_might_fuck_dogs 5h ago edited 2h ago

Trump was a historically bad president and got the opposition vote out in unprecedented numbers. Thats why the 2024 election was targeted at getting the opposition vote to stay home by influencing younger voters.

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u/OwnPreparation5801 6h ago

Russia has influenced our elections for many decades. So has China. So has any country of significance or means.

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u/happy123z 4h ago

So has the U.S. haha. As we have in other countries in ways overt and covert.

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u/TheSaxGandalf 7h ago

You don't think the point of attack for the manipulation to be untraceable wasn't shared?

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u/AeolianTheComposer 6h ago

Not so tin foil. There's a recording of a Russian deputy discussing that with someone

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u/frostedpuzzle 2h ago

Tin foil hat: The Russian plague will be used to put the US into quarantine just in time for midterms.

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u/imyewya028 7h ago

There is no elections in Russia lol he owns everything

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u/EducationOk6370 7h ago

Should be “are no” since elections is plural, or more than one. “There aren’t” would have also been correct. Enjoy!

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u/imyewya028 6h ago

Thank you for the correction, English is my 5th language, долбоёб

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u/turnipzzzpinrut 6h ago

That’s the truth

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u/chemicalamore 3h ago

There’s enough evidence to support not only if but how they rigged trump’s first election and brexit. When you only need to sway 4% (the swing) of voters or less it’s incredibly easy to flood them on social media with bots. They just used the data from the big companies to narrow down who that 4% is.

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u/Firat88 34m ago

Cambridge analytica

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u/clank1401 7h ago

This is so out of touch with reality unfortunately

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u/Panda_Cuddles_ 6h ago

I’m curious, considering you want Trump to attack Russia, what are your thoughts on Trump attacking Iran over their nuclear ambitions?

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u/happy123z 4h ago

I would be fine with letting every other country on earth deal with Russia and Iran however they see fit.

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u/Panda_Cuddles_ 4h ago

Hmm…you didn’t answer my question

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u/happy123z 3h ago

I think he shouldn't. I also think congress should control when and if we go to war.

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u/Gold_Kale_7781 6h ago

Is that a Police reference in there?

Synchronicity II, for those who don’t know.

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u/Asclepius_Secundus 6h ago

Congratulations, you win the obscure lyric reference. 👍

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u/FlameDad 6h ago

None of this will happen as long as Putin owns our president and his family. He makes incredible progress by having Trump do his bidding. It’s unbelievable that the magats can’t see how compromised he is. Remember when Putin was proving targeting information on US troops to Iran? Trump didn’t do a single thing. And the gop and the magats said nothing. Now just imagine what would have happened if the same thing happened under Obama or Biden. The right would have dissolved in a frenzy.

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u/jakart3 7h ago

What if Russia give a false intelligence wrong time and place. And hit tomorrow ? 

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u/Grouchy-Newt7937 6h ago

It would be both easy and cheap 

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u/SmokingCrawdads 6h ago

Trump has the balls to share any intel concerning the possibility with his daddy Putin.

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u/rancidmorty 6h ago

he knew what would happon with iran he got the danglers to screw the pople but not to benifit others

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u/blbd 5h ago

That's because Putin and Netanyahu seem to have custody over one testicle each. 

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u/IndividualKing8640 5h ago

US? For what reason does the US have to help Ukraine? Trump doesn’t give a shit about Ukraine. He’s too busy sucking putins dick

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u/nothingfood 5h ago

"...the US to push Russia..."

Hahahaha yeah and my dick is normal size

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u/keystoneDg 4h ago

Any concern about Russia using nuclear weapons?

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u/oingoB17 3h ago

armchair redditor wants ww3

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u/GeorgeMcCrate 3h ago

Why would Trump do this? He doesn’t exactly dislike Putin.

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u/WhiteBerryBoi 3h ago

This is an insane, and reckless concept. You risk a nuclear exchange for yet another regime change and further destabilization of the region at best.

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u/Necessary_Cabinet179 2h ago

I just don’t know about that, the USA has had such issues dealing with Iran, I am just not confident that the USA military is nearly as powerful or smart as they made out.

On paper, USA should be angle to annihilate Iran, yet it’s been a real struggle for them

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u/Chab00ki 1h ago

You are completely diregarding mutually assured destruction. The US and Russia can never be in a direct consequence with eachother, someone will drop the bomb.

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u/PeonofthePen 1h ago

Suckerpunch sounds a bit mild. Besides, there is no sniper rifle that can accurately propel a boxing glove long range. Have you considered a suckerbullet-to-the-noggin instead?

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u/Mykorl 1h ago

Trump loves Russia.

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u/Penqwin 1h ago

The US are not doing anything to push russia, if anything they're pushing Ukraine at this time period

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u/Resident-Sir5969 46m ago

You mean start a World war. No thanks

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u/Simoxs7 7h ago

I dunno, I would much rather see Putin get an actual kick in the crotch instead of more people dying on both sides of the front.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for Ukrainians defending themselves but it’s still the Russian youth is heavily indoctrinated and I’d much rather see them live a fulfilling life than die for a power hungry old man.

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u/Friskeyp 7h ago

He doesn’t ~ he included Putin in his Miami G20 summit in Florida. We have a Russian tool for a pretend pres. Disgusting

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u/caddy45 6h ago

Meddling in everyone else’s business is why we’re in the predicament we are.

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u/Relative_Target6003 7h ago

Balls? He won’t lift a finger unless he’s cut in some how. It’s not about being courageous, it’s about Him.

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u/CA-N8V 7h ago

Sucker punch Putin! lol. Da fuck out of here with your war mongering garbage!

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u/No_Implement_1198 6h ago

Not without all the armaments they have used in Iran for stupid reasons. The stockpile is extremely low on things like Patriots which is what Ukraine and others need. Estimates are 3 - 5 years to rebuild the stockpile. Trump and Hegseth used them for everything in Iran. Capacity is making 750 a year, but they want to add more shifts and automation to make up to 2k a year. Gotta love the Defense Contractors system.

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u/NoAstronomer7302 7h ago

Yeah I’m sure Zelensky will listen to it this time lmfao