[dynachrome]

Don’t have to put up with the commissars looking over your shoulder.

Performance of the Nazi style army v. Stalinist style.

More flexibility, IMHO. (doesn’t explain the Italians, though!)

[Das Outsider]

Don’t have to put up with the commissars looking over your shoulder. Performance of the Nazi style army v. Stalinist style.

Then what is it about Russian nationalism in particular that is so problematic?

You're one of the few who has given me a thoughtful response on the issue, so I do value your input. I don't have--shall we say?--a dog in the hunt, but I think things are so skewed that we will find ourselves in a much worse situation with regard to Russo-American relations than the days following the end of the Cold War.