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To: datura

Russian Special Forces are some of the best in the world. Just ask the Terrorists who took over a theater a while back.


18 posted on 11/24/2004 8:27:55 PM PST by Trinity5
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To: Trinity5
Russian Special Forces are some of the best in the world. Just ask the Terrorists who took over a theater a while back.

Not to rain on the Spetznaz parade, but SOF units con't hold a country the size of the Ukraine, no matter how good they are. Chechnya showed that SOF can spank people all day long, but if you don't have a competent regular Army to back you up, you'll never make any progress.

Russia don't have a competent regular Army. Trying to invade the Ukraine at this point could make Chechnya look like a stroll through the park. If there is widespread resistance or civil war, the Russians would be insane to stick their heads into it.

47 posted on 11/24/2004 9:22:22 PM PST by Steel Wolf ( Operation North Korean Freedom, anyone?)
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