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Delphinus

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17. Welcome to DU!

Reply to democratsruletheday (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 08:13 PM

Feb 2022

From another non-religious person, I will admit to basically 'praying' ceaselessly for the people of Ukraine. And the Russian soldiers, like the one in the village of Sumy, whose people told him he wasn't welcome in their town, may they find these are their relatives. We are all one; we all bleed red.

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RU soldier: "We don't know who to shoot -- they all look like us" [View all] steve2470 Feb 2022 OP

they've heard.... nt msongs Feb 2022 #1

Really timely thread steve..... democratsruletheday Feb 2022 #2

sleep well later tonight ! nt steve2470 Feb 2022 #3

Welcome to DU! Delphinus Feb 2022 #17

Welcome to our DU family. niyad Feb 2022 #18

Dude should be a Minneapolis cop instead of a Russian grunt. 11 Bravo Feb 2022 #4

That was dark and true IronLionZion Feb 2022 #7

Yep uponit7771 Feb 2022 #8

do you mean like this one? Skittles Feb 2022 #16

The Ukrainian s are Russian, Russians are Ukraine they just live in another area. The Russians are Srkdqltr Feb 2022 #5

Ukrainians are not Russian. They speak a different Slavic language. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #11

and I guess the rest of the Slavic nations onethatcares Feb 2022 #13

The last time that I checked...... mjvpi Feb 2022 #22

Many of them also speak russian, which will add to the confusion colorado_ufo Feb 2022 #14

I'm talking genetically. Language and country names change but genetically they are all of a family Srkdqltr Feb 2022 #28

Genetically we're all family. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #29

No, they're actually not. paleotn Feb 2022 #15

Ukrainians will strenuously disagree with you. Lucky Luciano Feb 2022 #27

Watching some of the Ukrainian heroes standing in front of tanks, etc., Hoyt Feb 2022 #6

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #10

The very best plan seldom survives the first contact with the enemy . . . AndyS Feb 2022 #9

That's it! Famous saying, but I can never remember Hortensis Feb 2022 #19

I found this: AndyS Feb 2022 #21

The old form sounds like something I'd start mangling. Never use Hortensis Feb 2022 #24

Someone on DU quoted Mike Tyson as saying, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. LaMouffette Feb 2022 #26

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson Lucky Luciano Feb 2022 #25

Battles between 18 year old conscripts and people defending their hearth and home often are. paleotn Feb 2022 #12

That's why we usually wage war on brown people... orwell Feb 2022 #20

Uh... Yah. Numbskulls.. n/t TeamProg Feb 2022 #23