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To: JanCBurton; RussianBoor; GarySpFc; A. Pole; Destro; MarMema; RusIvan; Lion in Winter; ...
But there is no cause, no goal--their country is in many respects just the place they live,

Anyone who thinks this trully has zero clue about the Russian mentality. The Rodina, to the Russians is one step down from God. Next to God, for many Russians, the Rodina is everything, it's the center of their self-identity and a love of their life.

By end of 1941 the Soviets stopped urging the Russian soldier to fight for Socialism, they were surrendering in droves. Instead they made it the Great Patriotic War (to the Motherland) and then the Germans began to learn fear.

27 posted on 06/18/2005 10:07:24 PM PDT by jb6 ( Free Haggai Sophia! Crusade!)
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Let Europe learn that fear again.


30 posted on 06/18/2005 10:14:57 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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