[ansel12]

I spent the first decade of my USMC career training to fight the old Soviet Union if it ever invaded Western Europe.

Interesting that you spent 10 years in the European theater or specializing in it, but you seemed to have become oriented to the Soviet Union and against America/NATO.

At freerepublic the loyalty you display is to Mother Russia, or to Putin, or to both.

[Always A Marine]

Interesting that you spent 10 years in the European theater or specializing in it, but you seemed to have become oriented to the Soviet Union and against America/NATO. At freerepublic the loyalty you display is to Mother Russia, or to Putin, or to both.<\i>

Interesting that you argue by assailing the character and loyalties of those with whom you disagree. I have not become oriented to the Soviet Union which no longer exists or to Russia which occupies its shrunken shell, and I am certainly not oriented against America. But I am opposed to the eastward expansion of NATO, which by pressing on Russia's borders is increasing friction and the risk of an unwanted and otherwise unlikely war. NATO is an outdated government program in search of a new mission - a dangerous thing for a military alliance.