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US troops were also a part of the ‘Victory Day’ parade on the Red Square (The 1st Time)
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| May 11th, 2010 - 1:30 am ICT
| Aishwarya Bhatt
Posted on 05/10/2010 1:58:11 PM PDT by Red Steel
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posted on
05/10/2010 1:58:11 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
To: Red Steel
I assume the theory is that we did as much as the French to defeat the Nazis, so we get to march with French troops as equal partners.
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:02:11 PM PDT
by
Riodacat
(Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.)
To: Red Steel
That's the 2/18th Infantry from Baumholder. One of the soldiers re-upped in Red Square. Now that's something different . . . .
To: colorado tanker
One Freeper was so convinced when he/she saw this pic the other day that it just HAD to be a Disney building or float behind them because it was beyond all reason that a soldier would re-up on the Red Square.
I’m telling you, I slipped into an alternate universe about 2 years ago and can’t find my way home.
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:11:36 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the chariot wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: colorado tanker
Yeah, that is one to tell the grand kids.
To: Red Steel
Western participation kind of puzzles me, too. The Soviets were for the Nazis before they were against them. They made the German invasion of Central and Western Europe possible, by ensuring that the German armies had a steady supply of Soviet goods to keep them going, and provided the Germans with a secure Eastern front. In the modern era, it was the mother of all blowbacks - a lot similar to the Sung empire’s decision to use the Mongols against the Western Hsia and Chin empires in the 13th century.
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:15:12 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always)
To: Zhang Fei
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:19:10 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 473 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Zhang Fei
The reason for US participation, you only have to look who is occupying the White House. It is his way to salute Communism.
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:20:27 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
To: autumnraine
I slipped into an alternate universe about 2 years agoAs a Cold War vet I never thought I'd see the day . . . .
To: Red Steel
So why are the anti-communist Polish participating then?
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:21:53 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: Red Steel
This move to have the international forces as part of the Victory Day celebrations on the Red Square has upset many Russian citizens.
A guy I worked with years ago was a Russian immigrant who later become a US Citizen. He told me that growing up in Russia, he never heard of the Hitler-Stalin Pact until he moved to the United States. He was of the age where the students were taught propaganda and not history. I think we are seeing some of this here with some Russian Citizens.
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:23:53 PM PDT
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough!)
To: Zhang Fei
Western participation kind of puzzles me, too. The Soviets were for the Nazis before they were against them.Not only that, but Soviet History pretty much omits the western allies contribution to their victory in the "Great Patriotic War." Wonder how their explaining this to the kids?
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:28:51 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: Pyro7480
Because they aren't stupid. They are located right next to a resurgent Russia that might have just capped the entire leadership of Poland.
Who would have their back if they got threatened by the Russian Bear?
Us? Heck, we would give them the same support we gave Georgia-none.
In fact, they might see us as much as they see Russia with the current Communist in Chief in the White House.
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:29:30 PM PDT
by
IrishCatholic
(No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
To: Red Steel
I am sure even Putin is amazed that he has been able to play the man-child so easily.
To: autumnraine
So where was that photo taken? Legoland?
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posted on
05/10/2010 2:54:50 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: colorado tanker
The day of the parade I had to look up the unit history of the 170th Infantry Bde, parent of the 2/18, because I had never heard of them.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the 170th had actually been sent to Russia at the end of WWI and ended-up being the only US Army unit to fight the Bolsheviks on Russian soil.
I thought that was a pretty cool trade-off for marching in Red Square :-)
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posted on
05/10/2010 3:16:05 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Everyone needs valid ID except illegal aliens and the President - only in America)
To: VeniVidiVici
I wonder if the Russians knew that history?? Thanks!
To: Pyro7480
So why are the anti-communist Polish participating then? IrishCatholic gave you a good answer about Poland, and for Obama, it's his salute to the birth place of the Communist Party and the world's first socialist state.
To: Red Steel
Looks like Butthead ignored this flag too.........hope so.
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:30:58 PM PDT
by
Hillbillary
(I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: colorado tanker
I wonder if the Russians knew that history?? Thanks!I doubt it. Reading up on the foreign troops that fought the Communists in Russia as the Revolution was taking hold, I got the distinct impression it's still something that sticks in their craw. That foreign troops were fighting Russians in Russia.
I am happy to see that somebody, somewhere in the US Army has a sense of humor :-)
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posted on
05/10/2010 4:49:08 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Everyone needs valid ID except illegal aliens and the President - only in America)
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