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To: isopatch who wrote (771407)	11/10/2022 1:12:24 PM
From: Maple MAGA	1 Recommendation Recommended By isopatch Respond to of 793896

A friend of mine on a summer evening in August 1968 was sitting somewhere near Charles Bridge in Prague when the Russians marched in. A Russian soldier collapsed on the street and was in his death throes. My friend and some of his school mates asked another Russian soldier if they were going to help their comrade, the Russian replied, he is just one guy, we are legion and kept marching. Russian soldiers know no one has their back... The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia refers to the events of 20–21 August 1968, when the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the Hungarian People's Republic. The invasion stopped Alexander Dubcek's Prague Spring liberalisation reforms and strengthened the authoritarian wing of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSC).

To: isopatch who wrote (771407)	11/10/2022 6:47:49 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 793896

< This move looks bad.> The Russian army has been retreating, ever since the failed attack on Kiev. Their decision to withdraw to a easily-defensible river line, means they don’t think they have the capability of offensive action. They are on the defensive, and will remain so. Their war goals have been reduced, bit by bit, with each defeat. When the war started, Putin’s goals were grandiose and unattainable. Today, Zelensky’s goals (Crimea reconquest, vast reparations, Putin’s removal) are grandiose and unattainable. So the war will continue. Oil prices will remain high; China gains more influence over Russia, the EU has a deep recession, and perhaps other unfortunate events.