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Putin's tiny army: Russian child soldiers trained in battle tactics, weapons and hand-to-hand combat
The Daily Mail ^ | 24 March 2014

Posted on 03/24/2014 6:37:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms.

Military sports club, 'Berkut', (meaning golden eagle), trains up young Russian, who dream of joining the elite units of the Russian army and fighting under the command of President Vladimir Putin.

A young boy is pictured on their website brandishing a hand gun and dressed in military fatigues with his finger over the trigger.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: children; militarytraining; russia
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To: icwhatudo

Seriously.


21 posted on 03/24/2014 7:14:31 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

infantry (n.) Look up infantry at Dictionary.com1570s, from French infantrie, from older Italian, Spanish infanteria “foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry,” from infante “foot soldier,” originally “a youth,” from Latin infantem (see infant). Meaning “infants collectively” is recorded from 1610s.


22 posted on 03/24/2014 7:17:40 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We have this thing called ROTC, or did last time I checked.

Good for the Russians, we need to get more young Americans engaged before the “ban dodge ball” crowd completes it’s goal of turning America into a band of whining, wimpy cry babies.


23 posted on 03/24/2014 7:18:02 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: MinorityRepublican

Makes me detest the faggy left even more.


24 posted on 03/24/2014 7:20:51 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well,.. they know how to survive on the streets in NY city and LA.


25 posted on 03/24/2014 7:22:51 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hitler Youth comes to mind and the world is aftraid to act.


26 posted on 03/24/2014 7:23:59 PM PDT by PALIN SMITH (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: rbmillerjr

Not really. Under western installed Bolshevism 20 million Russian people died. Since Putin...Orthodox Christianity has made a revival. Thankfully...as the “west” has never really stayed on the righteous path...


27 posted on 03/24/2014 7:26:04 PM PDT by eleni121 ("All Along the Watchtower" Book of Isaiah, Chapter 21, verses 5-9)
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To: eleni121

Recheck your history. Russians accepted Bolshevism, used it, relished it, and were, in turn corrupted by it. One of the largest forces of evil the world has ever known...Russia.

These are truths that can’t be wished away by blaming the West.


28 posted on 03/24/2014 7:32:38 PM PDT by rbmillerjr (Russians to the Left of me, Useful Idiots to the Right...)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They don’t teach them about that benefits of homosexuality like over here?


29 posted on 03/24/2014 7:35:31 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama : 'You can keep your doctor if you want. I never tell a lie ')
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To: MinorityRepublican
Only a hopelessly impaired liberal would "gasp".

I'd love for my boys to have an opportunity like this and I'm all but certain they would rather do this than Disney World

30 posted on 03/24/2014 7:39:21 PM PDT by FunkyZero (... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
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To: Viennacon

Meanwhile, our boy scouts are earning their fisting badges.


LOL. I shouldn’t laugh because I know it’s true.

We’ve got 13 year old boys walking around with guns here too. Unfortunately, so many of them are just learning how to be thugs.


31 posted on 03/24/2014 7:47:24 PM PDT by boycott
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To: MinorityRepublican

That piece of crap clown in chief we have is trying to get transexuals into our military.


32 posted on 03/24/2014 7:50:08 PM PDT by boycott
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To: cdcdawg

“Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms.”

Well, the Russians have one big problem. When those kids get a bit older, they discover vodka. And they drink it copiously. A big problem in their military and their society in general, too many drunk, alcoholic males.


33 posted on 03/24/2014 7:50:50 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Oppressors can tyranize only w/a standing army-enslaved press-disarmed populace)
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To: boycott

Don’t forget bricks. In Killadelphia, the new pastime is to just smash people’s faces in with bricks.


34 posted on 03/24/2014 7:51:55 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Viennacon

Don’t forget bricks. In Killadelphia, the new pastime is to just smash people’s faces in with bricks.


Parents should do all they can to keep their kids from going to Temple if such violence is taking place. No way I would want to send a child into such a cesspool.

If it starts hurting a major employer/business in the area, they may realize we’ve got to stop these thugs. Otherwise, it’s going to be bad for business.

If I had a child — especially a daughter, she wouldn’t be going to a town like killadelphia on my dime.


35 posted on 03/24/2014 8:12:23 PM PDT by boycott
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To: JPX2011

Notice, NO diversity in those ranks.


36 posted on 03/24/2014 8:16:52 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: MinorityRepublican

Child Soldiers:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lZFGCXdjxxU

It is common in that part of the world.

Some 20 years ago you should have hit moving targets 150 yards away with AK in full auto just to graduate a secondary school in Russia. And it was just one of many military-related tests.

They’ve taught kids urban warfare, anti-tank and basic anti-air tactics.

It was standard in Eastern Europe, there are no pajama boys and it was a reason why their conflicts like Balkan or Chechen war were so bloody. Almost everyone is a trained soldier.


37 posted on 03/24/2014 8:38:34 PM PDT by wetphoenix
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To: libstripper

My nephew joined the Young Marines and is now a commissioned officer (In the real USMC), while they aren’t everywhere, it is a great option.


38 posted on 03/24/2014 8:42:25 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
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To: SandRat

Ha, try surviving on the streets of Moscow. Go to youtube and look up “moscow car accident”


39 posted on 03/24/2014 8:44:44 PM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

As it should be. They are not over the top. We are degenerate.


40 posted on 03/24/2014 8:58:12 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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