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An 8-panel Phoebe Teaching Joey meme.

The first panel is Phoebe from Friends saying “Russia”.

The second panel is Joey from the same show replying with “Russia”.

The third panel is Phoebe saying “has invaded”.

The fourth panel is Joey repeating back “has invaded”.

The fifth panel is Phoebe saying “Ukraine”.

The sixth panel is Joey repeating back “Ukraine”.

The seventh panel is Phoebe saying the completed phrase “Russia has invaded Ukraine”.

The final panel shows Joey proudly proclaiming “NATO just started a proxy war”.

  • hark@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The reason that NATO still exists is self-evident more than two decades after the end of the cold war? It took a while but they got themselves some job security, eh? It is a nice little grift they’ve got going, having the US mess about in foreign countries with the CIA, upsetting local powers, and then running to the rescue when those local powers get upset enough to invade. Of course, Russia could’ve not invaded Ukraine and let the US lure Ukraine over to the west purely through “soft” powers.

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      1 year ago

      Of course, Russia could’ve not invaded Ukraine and let the US lure Ukraine over to the west purely through “soft” powers.

      Well, that would have involved hundreds of thousands fewer people dying and Ukrainians getting the thing they generally wanted, so… win win.