I think pet implies some level of affection. Pretty sure to them we’re just livestock.

I totally forget this one when I saw the US has been here before.

True. I was couching it for the .world and .works folks around.

While not angels during or after the war, Russia took the brunt of the Nazi war machine and deserves credit for their contributions for ending the war.

When did they deport the gazans?

Yeah, it’s better than their outright genocide but as you point out returning to the previous status quo isn’t great…

Gross. Trump might end up being worse than Biden cause the people around him.