Tuesday, November 29, 2011

A Worldview

The Russian people and the Russian leadership may have an advantage (psychologically speaking) in their worldview that we in America do not.

Russia has experienced a devastating surprise invasion by an army (an army that the US is staring to resemble most horribly) that killed millions of her citizens and destroyed their cities, villages and the countryside. The entire Russian country was almost destroyed by the invading all powerful, invincible Wermacht of the Third Reich.

It has also the experience of grabbing their boots and their weapons and kicking the living shit out of the invaders all the way back to where they came from at the cost of over three million Russians. Neither of which we have in our recent history. Oh we have much experience in killing each other off in civil wars etc. but not an invincible foreign invader landing on our shores.

This I believe gives the Russians a unique perspective and one hell of an advantage over Americans, if war were to break out with the US or any other foreign power that even looks like they are thinking about harming their (Russian) people or attack or invade their country. Only a fool or a government of psychopaths would, given Russia’s history, be stupid enough to pick a fight with a country that has that experience of invasion and slaughter of it’s people and then exacting a terrible revenge on the invaders for those crimes still fresh in their minds.

If the Nazis liked Stalingrad, the next country that attacks Russia is going to just love what will be in store for them. You can make book on that.

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