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BeyondGeography

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4. Money, credibility, leverage

Reply to Escurumbele (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 5, 2026, 09:25 AM

Mar 5

and a chance to rub JD Vance’s face with a big helping of his anti-European pro-Russian MAGA bullshit are but a few things that come to mind. Plus a chance to repay Iran for all the Ukrainians they killed with their Shaheds.

Are you really flummoxed by this?

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Ukraine sending experts to Middle East to help counter Iranian drones [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 5 OP

Ukraine knows about those darn ...... Lovie777 Mar 5 #1

I'm buffled by Zelensky's decision to get involved when he has more fish to fry in his own country Escurumbele Mar 5 #2

"Is he expecting that trump will be thankful and start helping Ukraine?" BumRushDaShow Mar 5 #3

Money, credibility, leverage BeyondGeography Mar 5 #4

The story gets many things wrong... but the implication that he's "frying the same fish" is not one of them FBaggins Mar 5 #8

Ukraine has been using helicopter gun ships to chase down and destroy the Iranian made drones. mackdaddy Mar 5 #5

I wonder if the war we are waging on Iran will cut the flow of drones to Russia ToxMarz Mar 5 #6

Russia has been building their own drone factories BumRushDaShow Mar 5 #7

Did Trump and Vance say thank you even once? fujiyamasan Mar 6 #9