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Old 02-20-2015, 03:23 PM
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I don't recall seeing Putin passing out cookies in the Maidan.

Victoria Nuland, Assistant US Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Maidan


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Not yet. What he is passing out are Nationalist pasture cookies.

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Old 02-20-2015, 11:46 PM
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Discovered this cool commander yesterday. Lt. col Givi.

Reckless indifference? Bored?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9k05CbXmqE
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Discovered this cool commander yesterday. Lt. col Givi.

Reckless indifference? Bored?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9k05CbXmqE
Crazy?
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Old 02-25-2015, 09:49 AM
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Vice News has been running a series of reports, almost 100 so far, called Russian Roulette. Worth watching.

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In a way but I believe such commanders feel that by showing cool indifference to personal risk they get that extra from their solders, plus it puts a damper on panic.

Rommel was like that.
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Lt. Col. "Givi" used an interesting term in that interview: "Novorossiya" (New Russia). The term refers to a section of Europe that the Russians took from the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century. The territory which Russia annexed corresponds almost exactly to the currently contested areas of Ukraine.

It's really important to think about things like this when viewing the present conflict. In the minds of the people living there, and of the Russian people as well, Crimea and Eastern Ukraine are Russia in all but name. The idea of having that land under Western (read "NATO") control, powers who have been Russia's adversary for a century, is both terrifying and an insult to Russian pride.

The West is making a bad, bad mistake here.

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PS: I really like Givi!
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In a way but I believe such commanders feel that by showing cool indifference to personal risk they get that extra from their solders, plus it is puts a damper on panic.

Rommel was like that.
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PS: I really like Givi!
Remind you of this guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w

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Not really, though I get your point. Col. Kilgore's last line in that scene is "Someday this war's gonna end......." The implication, of course, is that the prospect of an end to the war makes him very sad.

I don't get that from Givi. It seems rather that his motivation is the re-establishing of Novorossiya, after which he can live in peace in his own land.

Meanwhile, watch out!

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