Moscow Resumes May Parades to Demonstrate Military Strength

Eurasia Daily Monitor via Jamestown.org ^ | January 17, 2008 | Pavel Felgenhauer

[TigerLikesRooster]

Click the following link to see what could be coming May. 9, 2008

Soviet army parade (7th November 1984) First part

[MNJohnnie]

When they had 160 divisions with in spitting distance of the Elbe, this was threatening. When they have 60 divisions behind the Neiman this is a farce.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Hey, all right, the bad ol' days of the Cold War are back! Will the parade also include Soviet slogans and banners emblazoned with images of Lenin and Marx too?

[bert]

My take is that the parade is being resumed to provide a boost in morale.

Putin has a problem that is his people, The race is dying and must be encouraged to have faith in themselves and propagate.

[kittymyrib]

Back in the days when Russia meant something, they could at least get their propaganda parade going on May Day (May 1), instead of May 9.

[Non-Sequitur]

During the heyday of the Cold War the Soviet Union dedicated two complete tank divisions, the Taman and the Kantimir Guards divisions, to the May Day parade. They literally did nothing for 364 days a year except practice for the parade. I wonder if Putin is dedicating the same resources to this.

[G.Mason]

Ah ... brings back memories of Krushev banging his shoe on the table at the UN.

Can Woodstock be far behind?

[truemiester]

In the picture so Russian soldiers marching you see in the background GUM the exclusive department store. even during the Soviet days, the average Russian was not welcome there, only foreigners with real money, just like now!

[varon]

Will the parade also include Soviet slogans and banners emblazoned with images of Lenin and Marx too?

If not in Moscow then perhaps at Hillary's inauguration ;-)

[TigerLikesRooster]

I suppose you are quite familiar with this stuff.:-)

[VaRepublican]

The Soviet Union is dead, dead I say. So lets cut those B-2 stealth bombers cause we dont need no stinkin stealth bombers.

[elcid1970]

And didn’t those armored columns used to parade past the Lenin mausoleum, then circle the block and reappear to create the illusion of endless numbers of tanks?

“They just discovered that Lenin’s tomb is a commie plot.”

;^)

[Allegra]

Yeah, Saddam was real big into stuff like this, too.

Must be an inferiority-complex-compensation thing. ;-)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping.

[Don Corleone]

Quidado!

[mass55th]

If you’re secure in your military might, you don’t need to advertise.

[denydenydeny]

If they’re so nostalgic for the Soviet Union, they should all be made to wait five hours in subzero temperatures for a roll of toilet paper.

[Cheburashka]

Back in the days when Russia meant something, they could at least get their propaganda parade going on May Day (May 1), instead of May 9.

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Russians celebrate Victory in Europe on May 9.

They didn’t recognize the capitulation signed by Jodl at Eisenhower’s headquarters May 7th, so they demanded another ceremony in Berlin the next day. By the time the Berlin ceremony took place it was already 1AM May 9th in Moscow.

[RightWhale]

The interesting part of the parade was who stood on the reviewing stand and where they stood.

[ozzymandus]

Putin is a Stalinist, so I suppose he’ll be wearing a uniform and waving at the parade like Stalin in the old newsreels. What’s next, doctored photos with blank spots where the purge victims once were?

Waiting for the obligatory “Bush’s fault” posts.