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Hugin

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6. That much is a given...

Reply to Shipwack (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 09:13 AM

11 hrs ago

My point was that lethal measures orders of magnitude greater than a target which posed no immediate threat were unleashed for no good reason. A show. A sound bite.

This is the equivalent of blowing up a speedboat in the Caribbean.

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That much is a given... Hugin 11 hrs ago #6

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True sarisataka 4 hrs ago #15

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