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I’m 70.

I grew up a G.I. Brat, well versed in the Soviet empire, and what their known plans were. I take it personally, that somme second string baseball playing law student from Harvard, decided that he wanted to point a missile with a nuclear warhead, at me! Later on, I served in the military, and performed my duty to stop the spread of commjunism in Asia, and operated in Cold War chessgames.

Add some time down the road, when I was interacting with Russian families who hhave sought political/religious asylum here.

The Soviet system is dead, but like the German nazi’s, whispers still abound.

Under the Tsars, the country sas Christian. The Soviets tried but did not erase that, entirely. Since the Fall of The Berlin Wall, there has been a slow but steady resurgence. Mssr. Putin, in his desire for Mother Russia to regain her oldd standing, without an aristocracy, knows that the orthodoxy played a major role.

So, do I ‘hate Russia’? No more than I do that grizzly bear in ‘the back 40’. I do keep watch, and equipped should he wish to make a meal of me.

I’m just plain disgusted when other folks employ the word ‘we’ and wish my silent approval!
Lots of times, since I am 71, really, I.J.D.G.A.F.!!