[MarMema]

I actually have decided that most decent Russian soldiers declined to go and so Russia sent a bunch of losers from the South Ossetian region and the chechen troops.

Because, my son was adopted from a Georgian orphanage after being airlifted from Georgia during the last war. When the Americans and Russians came to the orphanage to get the remaining kids who were alive, they found Russian soldiers had passed through and left them food, blankets, and even their own coats.

So either Russia has REALLY lost a great deal of honor, or this group is not really an example of Russian soldiers.

[Sal]

When the Americans and Russians came to the orphanage to get the remaining kids who were alive, they found Russian soldiers had passed through and left them food, blankets, and even their own coats. So either Russia has REALLY lost a great deal of honor, or this group is not really an example of Russian soldiers.

Thanks, MarMema, I will try to keep that in mind when clashing with Vlad's FR trolls.

Also, I've been thinking about how horrible I felt when Clinton/Clark were committing their atrocities against Serbia, but there was nothing much I could do about it except speak out harshly on FR. I often wondered how many Serbs hated me and mine because of Clinton/Clark. I will try to keep that in mind, but it's hard to remember when the trolls come here and post such BS from Russians.

[Sal]

I actually have decided that most decent Russian soldiers declined to go and so Russia sent a bunch of losers from the South Ossetian region and the chechen troops.

I hope you are correct in this because it would be extremely significant if Russian soldiers were actually ABLE to DECLINE to go. It would almost have to be a very large number of them to be able to get away with that. If so, it's still possible this may be resolved within Russia. I hope so.

I would think this unlikely except that they did have to recruit pensioners to fly their planes and the people on the ground certainly seem much more like a psychotic mob than a disciplined army.

[archy]

I actually have decided that most decent Russian soldiers declined to go and so Russia sent a bunch of losers from the South Ossetian region and the chechen troops.

Kontraktniki.