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IcyPeas

(24,142 posts)
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:30 AM Wednesday

Over 20 leaders joined Xi and Putin: here are some of them: (video)

From Vladimir Putin to Kim Jong Un, over 20 leaders joined President Xi Jinping in Beijing for a show of military might.

Here are some of the biggest names in the crowd: bloom.bg/41CGqiZ

Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) 2025-09-03T08:47:56Z


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Over 20 leaders joined Xi and Putin: here are some of them: (video) (Original Post) IcyPeas Wednesday OP
You have to watch the video or go to a paywalled site Prairie Gates Wednesday #1
Article LeftInTX Wednesday #7
Trump has shifted world power to favor of Russia and China. Irish_Dem Wednesday #2
When KRASNOV (and his mini) is out it gets better. UTUSN Wednesday #8
Gotta admit they know how to do a military display. Trump's birthday parade was an embarrassment for doc03 Wednesday #3
The U.S. Army does its "show of force" on the battlefield, not the parade ground Mysterian Wednesday #9
the who's who... myohmy2 Wednesday #4
Rogues Gallery OC375 Wednesday #5
Looks like poot wants to put the band back together EYESORE 9001 Wednesday #6

doc03

(38,325 posts)
3. Gotta admit they know how to do a military display. Trump's birthday parade was an embarrassment for
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:17 AM
Wednesday

the US Army.

Mysterian

(5,889 posts)
9. The U.S. Army does its "show of force" on the battlefield, not the parade ground
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:29 PM
Wednesday

Only tinpot dictators need massive military parades to show off. The U.S. Army was not embarrassed at all in Commander Bonespur's little parade.

EYESORE 9001

(28,932 posts)
6. Looks like poot wants to put the band back together
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:49 AM
Wednesday

The former USSR, that is. He’s likely facing upheaval in former member states closer to Moscow IMO. Especially Georgia.

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