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					Originally Posted by  Schwarzer Ritter
					 
				 
				Do you know what irony means? 
			
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He sure does.  Brought out all the subtle tones in the initial post.  So, *I* have to "assume" subtlety escapes you.
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					Originally Posted by  VitaMan
					 
				 
				Anything to post on the topic ? 
			
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					Originally Posted by  Schwarzer Ritter
					 
				 
				Your post is uncertain. Clarify it. 
			
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It is quite clear.  But I have to say i'm surprised that you are the only one that didn't catch the concrete foundation VM got across in his posting.
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					Originally Posted by  Jacky S
					 
				 
				In the past 160 years, two of the greatest armies ever assembled attempted to invade Russia, and paid dearly. 
			
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Which one?  I recall three foreign powers standing on Russian soil and fighting.
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					Originally Posted by  Why_Yes_I_Do
					 
				 
				You do actually know that he did that. Right? FWIW: Ukraine has been hemorrhaging lives as well. 
 
He amassed a large force on the boarder when Ukraine started getting uppity by hammering the Donbas region and basically taking a whiz on the Minsk agreements, with President Auto-Pen cheering him on and slipping a few hundred billion of your tax dollars in to his grubby paws. 
			
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And Ukraine had no reason to be uppity?  Russia didn't whiz on the Minsk agreement?  Both of them?
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					Originally Posted by  Jacky S
					 
				 
				My point should have been, both were great Armies until they started to starve to death, and then freeze to death. 
			
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Ah.  Not all three experienced such.  Should have been clear in your first post about such.  And included the third in your statement.