Guno צְבִי (01-27-2022), ThatOwlWoman (01-27-2022)
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I think you are right.
Crimea was a bit of a domestic political win for Putin, because Crimea was historically Russian, and Russians have emotional connections to Crimea.
As to ordering a full blown invasion of Ukraine, and occupying it, I don't think you average Russians sees a need to have a conventional war against their little Slavic brothers
Guno צְבִי (01-27-2022), ThatOwlWoman (01-27-2022)
You're right.
I actually don't believe that caricature about Russia being an enigma wrapped in a mystery.
Russia is an enormous and complicated country, but it can be understood by proper historical analysis, deep reflection, and by the willpower to leave preconceptions and stereotypes by the wayside.
Doc Dutch (01-27-2022), Guno צְבִי (01-27-2022), PoliTalker (01-27-2022), ThatOwlWoman (01-27-2022)
Agreed. Part of it can be seen by the fact Russia has less than half the US population while being over half again as large as the US: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/coun.../united-states
Quality of Life differences:
https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/comp.../united-states
In many ways, Russia is still a maturing nation.
https://cdni.rbth.com/rbthmedia/imag...300c0b6148.jpg
http://www.ontrack-media.net/worldge...m3l2image3.jpg
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Cypress (01-27-2022), Guno צְבִי (01-27-2022), ThatOwlWoman (01-27-2022)
better movie
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
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The Soviet Union lost over 20 million of its citizens in WWII or what is called the great patriotic war , they are sensitive of being surrounded by NATO
I am thankful to the Red Army
On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
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You would think the military objective of Russian airborne forces would be to secure brides, key transportation networks, strategic choke points, instead of attacking a high school and slaughtering the children.
But this was the era of Reagan's Evil Empire, so a high school massacre just made for good Kabuki theater.
Doc Dutch (01-27-2022)
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