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So what? Centuries and centuries of being pushed by Islam. Time to push back. Just a bit. Until its domains get reduced to the same extension they had before the birth of Muhammad.
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Oh and Russia did not "steal" Crimea. At the begininng thre were Tatars or more exactly the Tatars ethnically cleansed or exterminated the local mostly Slavic or Greek element there. THen Russia conquered Crimea and named it New Russia. Cities olsd and new got Greek not Russian names (eg Sebastopol instead of Sebastograd). Later Tatars were deported by Stalin but, unique between all the nationalities with similar fate the Tars were not allowed to return. Later, Krhoutchev, whose career had ever been linked to Crimlea arbitrarily decided to make Crimea part of Ukania. That was not a big issue when it was just a matter of administrative convenience for tregion in the same state to be an autonomous administrative entity, being ruled from Kiev or being ruled from Moscow. It became a big issue when Ukrania separeted from Russia and got Crimea just because it kept its Soviet-era borders. Its only claim over Crimea is because Khrutchev so decided.
So Crimea's fate should be put on the drawing board instead of just repeating the mantra that Crimea is ukranian and Russia stole it.
PS: Probably for demagogic reasons but Russia has allowed the YTatrs to return. Ukania didn't dutring the over 15 years it ruled the region.
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You should. I made a concise summary of the history of Crimea and told why it was not Ukranian so there was no theft. I didn't tell it was Russian. I told its status Russain/Ukranian or independent is something to be determined. If at all possible by that old fashioned method of elections.
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Crimea was never ukranin until a drunkard named Nikita Khrotuschev decided it was a good idea to attach it to his beloved Soviet Republic of Ukrania where he had made his carreer (and killed a lot of people). That is all. Historically Crimea could be Russian or Tartar but never Ukranian. I, for one think history should be put aside and a real referendum (not Putin's) take place. This gives a chance to Ukrania. On a historic basis it has none.
Crimea was not ukranian under the Tartars, was not ukranian under the tsars, was not ukranian from Lenin to Stalin and only Khroutschev made it ukranian or more exactly, made it part of an administrative region of the USSR.
The word ‘pindos’ in Russian is highly offensive, and defines a helpless creature that is a product of a very bad educational system, one who can survive in this world only with the help of various gadgets. The origin of the word is unknown, and the philologists are fighting to establish it. The most popular explanation states that this word was invented by Russian peacekeepers in Serbia with the purpose of describing a NATO soldier, who was seen by them as a strange, clumsy figure with his 90 lbs. of bulletproof vest, weapons, radios, flashlights and so on.
Russians have taken to calling President Obama "Maximka" after a character from a popular 1952 Soviet movie, which depicted a black boy saved by Russian sailors.
Russians have taken to calling President Obama “Maximka” after a character from a popular 1952 Soviet movie, which depicted a black boy saved by Russian sailors.
From afar, he looked very strange to the Russian eye—like a penguin.
The Russians have had their favorite, most-hated pindoses. One of them, the constant laughingstock in the media, used to be the US Ambassador to Moscow, Michael McFaul. He was a huge fan of Twitter and if judged by the number of his tweets, spent more time on his gadget than actually doing his job. After more than two years of service there, upon his departure, he received only two words in Russian—via Twitter—from the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs: “Goodbye Mikhail.”
Today his place has been taken by the spokesperson for the US Department of State, Jen Psaki. She has an anti-fan club of haters who consider her not to be very bright—they even invented their own anti-IQ unit called 1 Psaki. One who has 3 Psakis has a brain of a clam. The term ‘psaking’ in Russian political newspeak means to know nothing about the subject while saying something banal and politically correct. She is so popular that when she injured her foot and came in front of the cameras with the cast on, all major Russian TV channels and newspapers reported the event.
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Faithful Champ operative who's husband is a DNC financier. Of course we can find her a good job over at State. She can be trusted.
Dim bulb personality, possibly. Dim bulb motive for selection, never.
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Former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul was considered a lightweight who spent more time on Twitter than on actual diplomacy.
And how is Psaki any different than McFowl--other than maybe more incompetent and dimmer. Obama's Cyclop's strategy for a legacy seems to be to surround himself with the blind.
#4
Psaki is the very face of the NPR-listening pseudointellectual class. Majored in some BS humanities/social science field, has no morals beyond attaching herself to some political insider power and parroting the party line.
When asked what Hillary Clinton's specific accomplishments as Secretary of State had been, she mouthed ridiculous vague platitudes about improving the plight of women and children. Pressed further, she as much as admitted she couldn't articulate a single thing.
If you go to DC, you see thousands like her. Not-very-bright, poorly informed and poorly educated women with eyes wide and glassy from their proximity to power. Lawyers, political "scientists", Howard Zinn "history" majors, sociologists, and the like, all sucking up to the bureaucracy in order to gain a little power and wealth by osmosis.
Anyone want to bet Psaki couldn't fix a tire, skin a buck, make a quilt, cook a meal for eight, or understand calculus or basic statistics, or have an intelligent, mature discussion about centralization vs dispersal of authority?
And yet she is the very picture of what the education industry says should be considered as a successful woman.
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The word ‘pindos’ in Russian is highly offensive
There's an offensive word in Spanish that looks close to that, btw.
Such a problem gun that in 1974 the Russians fielded their own version, the AK-74, which the Russians will continue to field, and to enhance. The author is pro Obama retired US Army general Robert Scales, whose company thrives in the Obama era of disarmament.
[Atlantic] The rifle that today's infantry uses is little changed since the 1960s—and it is badly flawed. Military lives depend on these cheap composites of metal and plastic. So why can't the richest country in the world give its soldiers better ones?
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Piston operated in 7.63x51 NATO (.308), similar to 'the new' FN-FAL tested by the weapons committee at Bragg in the early 1960's, and found to be superior to all entries. Snark embedded.
Actually, a complete new series of black/baby poo coloured, piston operated rifles is now out and selling like custard tarts everywhere. They can be had in either 5.56x45 or 7.62x51.
Nothing wrong with the M-4 or M-16, kept clean and well maintained, used in the correct application [right tool for the right job]. Did I mention correct operator maintenance? Long range shooting in mountainous terrain dictates a larger round such as the 7.62x51 or the popular .338 Lapua.
The tragedy of the battle of Wanat in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province involved a great many issues besides overheated weapons. Tip of the day...."See you on the High Ground" is more than an old military way of saying goodbye. Just my humble opinion.
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I love my FN FAL, but I cant imagine carrying around a couple of hundred rounds of the .308's. But in battle I'd rather be shooting a 308 in lieu of a 223
[IsraelTimes] Many months and innumerable headlines in the making, the Paleostinians? bid to impose terms for statehood upon Israel via the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... ended in embarrassing failure on Tuesday night, when the Security Council rejected Resolution S/2014/916. The US didn?t even have to wield its veto.
Their defeat was unexpected and stinging. Shortly before the vote, the Paleostinians claimed ? and Israeli officials confirmed ? that nine countries intended to support the resolution, which would have constituted the necessary majority and forced the US veto. But come the moment of truth, Nigeria surprisingly abstained. Pushing a bid for a solution to the conflict within a year and a full Israeli withdrawal within three, PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
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[SultanKnish] There is a thread that connects many of our conflicts, whether it's the one against terrorism or the one between the Republican establishment and its conservative insurgency. To win a war, we have to understand the nature of the conflict and how we got there. And that's often the missing piece. The left blames imperialism for our conflict with terrorists. And it's right. Just not in the way that it thinks.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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