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No, worse. They trusted their experts and they trusted what the Ukrainians reported. They smelled blood and giddily thought they had the opportunity to humiliate Russia—without getting their hands too dirty. Culminating in the resounding failure of the 2023 Kontr.

By fall 2023 they knew the score. But they couldn’t get out then and they still can’t.

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'Kontr' sounds like an untranslated word no doubt taken verbatim from some low budget propaganda.

>low budget propaganda

That’s really what it boils down to for people like you: the production values. No contest, the US is unbeatable in that department. Anything but to be seen as a sucker.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8...

The more sophisticated the population the higher the production value is. If the population are idiots who will believe anything then why bother overproducing, slop will do. It's cheaper that way.

And yes, your foreign shilling is that obvious.

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