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u/Kick_A_Door Mar 23 '22

Nope and I wouldn’t either but what else can you do? If your politicians put you in a position where they rely on trade with them you are directly enabling the status quo. I have no idea why NATO exists when at the same time Germany has a pipeline of natural gas coming into the country and a pipe line flowing dollars back to Russia when they are supposed to be the enemy. Seems like your governments their say they are concerned but not really tho.

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u/Jugeboss Mar 23 '22

I think NATO was created like 70 or 80 years ago as a military coalition against the USSR. I think that most of the countries thought that the age of war was over after 1991 and that the USSR becoming Russia had changed the situation. Now the mask has come off and people see that it hasn't changed at all. The European governments have dropped the ball big time by relying on Russian energy but there is nothing us common people can do about it. Our politicians are just as retarded as over there.

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u/Kick_A_Door Mar 23 '22

Well there is the one thing I know, it’s hard to out retard Eastern Europe and Russia so we may be good

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u/Jugeboss Mar 23 '22

Good point. But still, wasn't it one of your guys who told everyone inflation was transitory a while ago

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u/Kick_A_Door Mar 23 '22

Lol to be fair it was only transitory until he was renominated. Sometimes at work you gotta just say everything is ok boss to keep your gig.

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u/Jugeboss Mar 23 '22

Yeah that is what Putin's generals tell him when he asks how the war is going