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Warpy

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1. Russia's got one more rotten trick up its sleeve
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:35 PM
Saturday

State TV has been reporting (no links I want to post, not yet, maybe tomorrow) that Estonia is preparing an attack against Russia, a classic false flag that will allow Russia to attack Estonia.

What they're counting on is that the rest of NATO will be willing to sacrifice a small, low population country to avoid even sabre rattling over a nuclear response. If that does happen, NATO will be irretrievably broken.

My hope is that NATO calls Putin's bluff on this. An Article 5 declaration will be enough to get the Riussians back into their own country, a couple of "rogue generals" publicly executed, "it was a terrible mistake," blah blah blah.

Putin is a coward, like all other autocrats He'll stop when he's stopped. Don't let him join with MAGA in destroying the one organization that has a chance of stopping him.

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