[Frank_Discussion]

What a bunch of amateurs! That sounds like the stories I've heard of before of many Soviet conscripts, and in small numbers they must be incredibly inept.

In large numbers, even dumb cannon fodder is dangerous. A recruiting drive, or outright mass conscription, could form an effective horde.

I'm telling you, the Soviet ideal is still alive, and the fall and return cycle of power was preplanned. Don't get me wrong, it's taken me a long time to turn that corner that leads to my position on this. Part of it was cemented by my experience in working on the ISS program, where they are our "partners". They apply extortion techniques against many resupply launches to the station ("give us more money, or we won't launch"), and most of their "contributions" we already payed for! They love playing us like a Stradivarius, and it is a pervasive thing.

[GIJoel]

To ALL:

If you would like more info. on how the Russians (read: Soviets) STILL use terrorism to further their unrelenting drive towards world government, check out "Terrorists in Muslim Disguise" and "We Are The Next Target" threads below.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220747/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220737/posts

[A. Pole]

In large numbers, even dumb cannon fodder is dangerous. A recruiting drive, or outright mass conscription, could form an effective horde.

Look, Russia's population is almost TWO times smaller than US and THREE times smaller than EU. Where is this large "horde" to come from?

[Poohbah]

What a bunch of amateurs! That sounds like the stories I've heard of before of many Soviet conscripts, and in small numbers they must be incredibly inept.

Problem is, the Kosovo contingent was from the airborne forces--the best-trained troops in the Russian Army (the airborne divisions all have the "Guards" honorific).

[Luis Gonzalez]

The 1991 culmination of the "fall" of the Soviet Union, was little more than a planned, deliberate downsizing to reduce the overbearing costs of maintaining a modern day Empire.

Russia today is smaller, financially stronger than before, and the KGB has taken control.

Anyone who points that out in this forum, is called an Islamic shill, and a communist.