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2018-06-03 Afghanistan

Russian pilot shot down in Afghanistan in 1980s found alive

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Posted by Fred 2018-06-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Running low on batteries and vodka ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-03 00:37|| 2018-06-03 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 We should take this as a cue and put the pressure on Viet Nam for our MIA’s….

Posted by Joe of the Jungle 2018-06-03 05:02|| 2018-06-03 05:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Given the source, I'm going to take this report with a truck load of salt. Note the last paragraph -- Russky converts to Islam and the Afghans are "kind and hospitable".

Yeah, the Afghans were gentle and caring to Russian airmen who came into their possession...

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-06-03 11:46|| 2018-06-03 11:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Russia in the '80s vs Afghanistan, which to choose? It's a bit of a toss-up.

There is a movie from that era called "The Beast": "A Soviet tank and its warring crew become separated from their patrol and lost in an Afghan valley with a group of vengeance-seeking rebels on their tracks."

In a memorable scene, one of captured tankers invokes the phrase whereby a traveler asks for hospitality. This pisses off the mujis because now, according to their custom, not only can they not kill him, they must feed him too. Aloha snackbar, indeed!

Posted by SteveS 2018-06-03 14:19|| 2018-06-03 14:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't let's be beastly to the Russians
Whom Allah may deliver to our care;
It was nekulturny Commies who convinced them to invade,
And they hate the way Tchaikovsky, Blok, and Tolstoy've been betrayed!
Let's be nice to them
And nix the slice and dice with them
And offer them tea and treat them fair and square.
Let's show them Muslim charity,
Eschewing all barbarity...
If we hear "Nanawatai!" from the Bear.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-06-03 15:06|| 2018-06-03 15:06|| Front Page Top

#6 He's in the outback with three wives but they're getting saggy. Time for the returned hero and pension schtick.

Posted by KBK 2018-06-03 20:46|| 2018-06-03 20:46|| Front Page Top

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