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Feb 12, 2023Liked by Alan Flanagan

Yes, exceptional - this attention to detail and careful analyzing. Thank you again so much for sharing,

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My pleasure, thank you for reading!

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Exceptional piece of writing. And for what it's worth, you are probably absolutely right in your analysis. Add in the disinformation onslaught, and the self-created (or purchased) vatniks in the West, and we have a situation where Ukrainian victory, while necessary, will not be the end of what Putin put into motion back in 2014.

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Thank you kindly, Charlotte. I certainly agree that the combination of the disinformation onlsaught and vatniks creates a monster of somewhat our own making, and that will be difficult to put back into the cage. One only has to look at the level of support that Russia's stooges in the Global South are giving the war, and while their reasons for mistrust in the West are valid, their support of Putin and China is breathtakingly naive.

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