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  "this flour is not suitable for vegetarians"
context: How do you liberate a town of ten thousand when you destroy every building? >
  
  Eh,  the us said we liberated Iraq. 2 decades later and the country is still worse off than under Saddam,  and that’s saying something. >
  
  The US in Iraq and what is happening in Ukraine are 2 completely different things. Russia is in Ukraine claiming to “liberate” different regions in an effort to make that territory a part of Russia while the U.S. removed an oppressive Dictator for power.
  I’m not saying we made Iraq a better place because we didn’t but by definition we did infact liberate Iraq from a regime that the people of Iraq wanted to be liberated from. It’s a case of Be Careful what you wish for.
  Still, the 2 situations are 2 completely different things. >
  
  Dude... Saddam was a friend of the US until he wasn't.
  And some say the idiot asked if he could take Kuwait and the US said "YES". >
  
  No, Saddam was an enemy of Iran until he wasn't; that's the only reason the U.S. supported him for a time.
  Noriega was a friend (and puppet) of the U.S. until he wasn't. >
  
  So the US supports evil dictators? Oh lard... /s >
  
  I see a couple of Kremlin trolls have arrived. Here is the reality, comrades:
  
  No, Russia is not fighting "all of NATO". If it was, the war would have been over before summer last year.
  Soledar is not a "linchpin" for the region. Is has some minor importance due to supply routes and possible pressure on Bakhmut. That's all.
  We have zero hard facts surrounding this supposed victory. Prigozhin already had to retract his first statement half a day ago, because his men did not actually "win" anything.
  
  That is all, gentlemen. >
  
  
  No, Russia is not fighting "all of NATO". If it was, the war would have been over before summer last year.
  
  After a few months of positioning assets, the NATO advance would start. How long does it take to drive to Poland from Moscow at a reasonable speed? Double it, that's how long the war would last. Well, that or the first nuke would go off. >
  
  I was a defence contractor supplying machined parts for tanks. I travelled to the customers office the day of launch of desert storm.Expecting a contract for supply, I was instead lead into a secure room and asked how much money we wanted to cancel a contract we had not yet been given . Name your price. The losses were anticipated to be up to 6000 tank losses. Instead there were nearly no lost tanks. Overwhelming superiority. >
  
  The number of tanks they expected to lose is probably still classified information. You could express the same thought without using numbers. ;) >
  
  The mighty Russian army, second best of the whole wide world, might have conquered a small village after months and months of fighting and sacrificing their men. If it is even true, they can be very very proud. /s >
  
  they've been attacking bakhmut since february lol.  you'd swear they were trying to take Kyiv, but nope, tiny little bakhmut.  and they're failing miserably.  the fields are there are littered with russian bodies.  hard to imagine having motivation after tripping over miles of dead comrades to get your turn to die.  they're going to grind a lot of meat for little gain >
  
  The crops will grow strong when its safe to plant again.