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The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
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BATTERED RUSSIA SYNDROME

Russia is like a battered wife who puts up with serious, but nonexistential violence for twenty years then snaps and murders her husband for the relatively minor transgression of leaving the toilet seat up.

Putin should have used tit-for-tat starting with Nord Stream, following up with the Kerch Bridge, the attack on the strategic bombers, the Kursk Oblast, the attempted assassinations of himself, Crocus City Hall, etc etc etc etc. That he hasn't he has left himself open to "the death of a thousand cuts." He cannot pretend that he is engaged in a "special military operation" he never was.

The West wants to destroy Russia. If a humble Australian engineer such as I could work this out four years ago why can't Putin. If you don't punish bad behaviour, bad behaviour escalates until it can no longer be ignored. Then your retaliation is either too little too late or if you respond in a ...