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    Matt Lee‏Verified account @APDiploWriter 4 Sep 2014

    US mil exercises in #Ukraine not provocative b/c "we aren't the ones who have taken escalatory military action, #Russia has," per marieharf.

    12:52 PM - 4 Sep 2014
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    • Peace Flowers Skinny Russian Vodka Mark Sleboda Andrey V O.J. Simpson Sergey Timofeev AVARA C. Irwin Kate
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    1. KGB agent B.hamill‏ @baz2000 4 Sep 2014
      Replying to @APDiploWriter

      @APDiploWriter ok lets forget that yatsynuk and his cronies shot..burned..and murdered their way into power....that would just be a downer

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      2. Mark Sleboda‏Verified account @MarkSleboda1 5 Sep 2014
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        @APDiploWriter @OlgaNTT lol and I am sure the US mil advisors in Ukr are admonishing the regime NOT to bomb its own cities and ppl, right?😖

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    2. Zach Wells‏ @surfinwav 4 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter I will hold the laugh on this one.

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    3. Ernesto‏ @framming 4 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter major eyeroll.

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    4. Barak Mendelsohn‏ @BarakMendelsohn 4 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter fine excuse for Western observers but doubtful that #Russia sees it this way

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    5. Babayagaprotiv‏ @babayagaprotiv 6 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter Thank you, Matt, for being a real journalist, for trying hard to find the truth, no matterhow bitter it is. RESPECT!!

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    6. Kaspar Hauser‏ @KrugerRant 6 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter They encouraged/financed Kiev to attack with full military force (airstrikes and artillery against cities is "restraint")

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    7. Margo‏ @mommadoc1 5 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter someone needs to show her a map. Might change her mind

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    8. Elizabeth Jones‏ @liz5634 5 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter @MarkSleboda1 2. The only intell not mentioned is 'boots on the ground' - US/UK SF? Herefordshire is remarkably quiet!!

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    9. Elizabeth Jones‏ @liz5634 5 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter @MarkSleboda1 1. The White House witches [Psaki & Harf] keep insisting that there are intell sources that cannot be disclosed

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    10. valentina‏ @valenti27051839 5 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter @SPB_citizen Dear Matt, how do you think will NATO provide Ukraine with weapon?

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    11. Yarrick‏ @RealYarrick 5 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter @MarkSleboda1 how candid!

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    12. Пётр Чернышков‏ @tchernychkov 4 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter US troopers in Ukraine - Peace World. Russian troopers in Russia - war!)))

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    13. necespanya‏ @necespanya 4 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter Why hold milex in country ravaged by war if not to provoke. If fighting continues will #us still hold milex.

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    14. S H‏ @go4theHall 4 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter did she refer to a tweet or Facebook post as proof?

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    15. RJ_SoCal‏ @RJ_Cal 4 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter So Maria BARF pontificates once again - NO surprise there :-)

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    16. Peace Flowers‏ @PeaceFlowersUK 21 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter Harf Barf.

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    17. Peace Flowers‏ @PeaceFlowersUK 7 Sep 2014
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      @APDiploWriter It's impossible to fathom which reality the Whitehouse is living in, because it's certainly not this world.

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