[Rocco DiPippo]

I have, in the course of working in support of several NATO projects overseas, worked closely with Eastern Europeans, including scores of Russians, Ukrainians, Estonians and Albanians who were hired to staff some of these projects - only because they worked for far less money than Americans would. My experiences with them were not like your nice experiences.

I found working with Russians and Ukrainians to be nearly intolerable. Almost to a man (and woman) they were dishonest,callous, scheming and always looking to make a buck on the side, any way possible. To them, it seemed that everything was for sale - and I mean everything. They were real matter of fact about that too. Ugh. And then, there were the obscene levels of alcoholic inebriation. . . an opened bottle of Vodka must always be emptied to the last, vile drop. . .

Shortly before I arrived at Bagram AFB to head a project there, the military cops there busted up a huge prostitution ring. Guess who was running and staffing it? If you said Slovenians, Russians and Ukrainians you'd be correct.

I never trusted a single one of the Eastern Europeans on my crew. Because they could not be trusted.

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