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   From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 13/11/2023 15.19, a425couple wrote:   
   > Doug Armey   
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   > Author, Entrepreneur, Adventurer, World TravelerNov 7   
   > What is your opinion on the way Zelensky is handling the war in Ukraine?   
   >   
   > Zelensky was an actor and comedian. He played the President of Ukraine on a   
   TV show.   
   >   
   > Then, really as a joke, he ended up running for President and was elected.   
   Ukrainian friends were horrified for the future of their country.   
   >   
   > When Russia invaded Ukraine they thought he would turn and run. The U.S.   
   offered to evacuate him and his family.   
   >   
   > Russia and the world thought Kiev would collapse within a week as the   
   fearsome Russian army rolled into Ukraine.   
   >   
   > Yet, something totally unexpected happened. The actor truly became the   
   President. The comedian truly became the resistance leader.   
      
   I never thought of it in quite those terms before. But there are serious   
   echos of _Double Star_ in there!   
      
   (Note the followups)   
      
   --   
   Michael F. Stemper   
   Deuteronomy 10:18-19   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)