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		untech on Nov 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Half of Russia's A320/A321neo Fleet Grounded Amid ... What is a pet war?

JumpCrisscross on Nov 24, 2024 [–]

> What is a pet war?

A foreign conflict I’ve adopted for personal interest and to be opinionated about, but over which I have little to no influence or ground truth. The popular ones in America being Ukraine and Gaza. (The unpopular ones: the wars in Sudan, Ethiopia and Burma.)

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