From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Vladimir Putin CONFIRMS That The War In Ukraine NEVER Wouldn't Happened If Trump Was In Office
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:49:09 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:17:04 -0700, Alan says...
>
> On 2025-08-18 17:06, AlleyCat wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:19:33 -0700, Alan says...
> >
> >>
> >> On 2025-08-17 19:13, AlleyCat wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 17:35:55 -0700, Alan says...
> >>>
> >>>>> Well per Biden, a "small incursion into Ukraine" would be not
> >>>>> responded to by the west, opened the door.
> >>>
> >>>> Let's see that quote, complete with context.
> >>>
> >>> OK.
> >>>
> >>> Do it.
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to see it too!
> >>>
> >>> Lakehouse rich boy forgets... as usual...
> >>>
> >>> Quotation marks can be used to "signal" ironic, sarcastic, or otherwise a non-standard sense. They indicate the writer is
> >>> distancing themselves from the term or casting doubt on its validity.
> >>>
> >>> When doing this, the author or speaker can say whatever the fuck he wants, as long as it's in the ballpark. The author simply
> >>> substituted "small" for "minor".
> >>>
> >>> Why do I have to teach you everything?
> >>>
> >>> Now... does THAT satisfy your pedantic semantic bullshit?
> >>>
> >>> "I think what you're going to see is that Russia will be held accountable if it invades. And it depends on what it does. It's one
> >>> thing if it's a MINOR INCURSION and then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do."
> >>>
> >>> "Minor"... "small"... does THAT make a difference to you?
> >
> >> The difference is in the rest of what he said.
> >
> > It doesn't matter.
> >
> >> Biden never said that there would not be a response
> > WHO said that?
> Literally, Biden did.
Double negative aside, Biden said there would never not be a response?
HOW does THAT go?
LOL
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