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2005-07-16 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin visits the front in Chechnya, orders rebels crushed

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-07-16 00:52|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In other news, Putin ordered the Russian GDP to grow at 8% annually and a doubling of the birth rate of ethnic Russians.

Its one thing to order your army to do something, and another to HAVE an army capable of doing it. In the US Army, such a command forces commanders to listen to those "wild sounding" suggestions from the iconoclasts under them. You know, the kind of guys who, when they retire, go online under the nom-de-internet of Old Patriot. Our culture infuses our armed forces and gives them as much flexibility and creativity that it gives our economy. That sort of "creative rebellion" that we manage so well in all our institutions is in short supply in Russia, which has a history of viewing such behavior as deviant and a threat to the state.

Lefty wingnuts note: You're not "creatively rebellious", since y'all just bitch and moan without contributing a damn thing to solving the problem. Or else you have a "surefire plan" that you won't divulge unless you're elected President.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-07-16 06:27|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-07-16 06:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Or else you have a "surefire plan" that you won't divulge unless you're elected President.

Ouch! I love the smell of b!tchslap in the morning.

Posted by ed 2005-07-16 08:43|| 2005-07-16 08:43|| Front Page Top

#3 That was a golden oldie Ed,
almost as good as Wouold You Buy a Used War from this Man?
Course Nixon was right.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-16 12:41|| 2005-07-16 12:41|| Front Page Top

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