cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59867996
German media outlets Süddeutsche Zeitung, WDR, and NDR also cite the report, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on testing NATO’s Article 5 guarantees. The alliance’s mutual defence clause obliges member states to come to one another’s aid if attacked. The assessment suggests Putin may seek to challenge how seriously that commitment would be honoured.
So… seeing as I wasn’t actually talking to you, beginning like that I’d like to know how the fuck you actually thought you’d get any message across beginning like that.
A good chunk of the post had absolutely nothing to do about the red/blue states or voting so go off I guess.
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And how did that work out? Oh. People still voted Red? Double digit victories? I’m shocked I tell you. shocked.