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Originally posted by swesais
I see you didnt live in USSR. But I did.
Belive me not one single person in post-soviet country want to live like that again!!
I agree that capitalism isnt the best way of living and rulling the world, but you dont have to be affraif every day for your life only because you dont share goverment politics.
Russians only know how to break things instead to build something good.
Originally posted by DavidWright
Russia is Scared and it should be. They are losing power and influence in the world and these aggressive tactics are all they know as to looking powerful.
People who hate America must realize some things.
Without our country being who we are, the world would be starving and there would be many more military conflicts than there already are.
People can argue that America is an aggressor but without them as a power. Countries like China and Russia would have already taken control of these breakaways and the saber rattle might be worse.
Whatever else people think.....taking down governments that support terror IS what the U.S. has done and these countries are better off.
The narrow minded view on the U.S being all about evil is so stupid and the same people spew the venom at a constant pace and don't have an open mind.
This country isn't perfect, by any means, but don't use it as an all-in-one reason for all bad in the world.
Originally posted by MikeboydUS
reply to post by sir_chancealot
Germany elected Hitler and his National Socialist party too back in the 1930s. Just because a nation is stupid enough to democratically make itself undemocratic doesnt mean we as a democratic republic should blindly accept their stupidity.
Originally posted by swesais
Did I say, that U.S. is better then Russia???
Or did I say that U.S. havent commited crimes?
Where is my ignorance. Of course milions of russians want to live back in U.S.S.R., because they have their privileges.
But for small countrys like Georgia,Lithuania, there isnt so much options,and we always will chose something that is anti-russian.
And dont blame russian goverment for actions of simple soldiers,and civilians, that think that if they are russian they are top of the world.
And I dont seem to recognize when U.S. have deported or killed millions of people in direct actions.
Only my country have lost 200 000 people after WW2 and many other after 50 years of slavery,when we werent aloud to speak or language, to know our history.
And western world who didnt live under soviet slavery can not understand what really is ''russian'' and what is ''ruskaja dusha''!!!!!
Originally posted by Cthulwho
I really don't get what's going on. Why does the West care about Abkhazia? South Ossetia?
I realize there's a major oil pipeline going through Georgia, and that the West is scared that Russia might takeover Georgia and control the pipeline. But why can't the West just put a massive military base there? How would controlling South Ossetia and Abkhazia give the Russians much more of an advantage?
Originally posted by swesais
reply to post by StellarX
I see your arguments. And I can share your piont of wiew, BUT this is about Russia and Georgia, not America and Iraq.
And russian solders arent just angry young people. Do a litle research for example about military group ''Vostok'' in Russias army.
And i wasnt busy in sticking Stalins crimes in every possible situation, but I must live whit them every day,and, you know they, wount let you forget it that once they were masters. And about what profits are you talking about???
Bouth of my parents where teachers in school,and we didnt have those profits about what are you talking about!! If you mean those wast industrial complexes, that Soviet Union installed in every corner, and they after collapse couldnt take a single chance in free market?
I dont see what profits have we gain. Before WW2 we were one of moust prospering countrys in Europe,now we are one of the pourest.
And from our new NATO friends we have gain military bases and equipment,that we simply can afford, and most important the feeling of security,that Russia would not came so easly to help russian peoples, who ''are oppressed'', because we want them to speak in latvian in the country where the official language is latvian.
Yes Europe is trating us better, in our country is comming investments, and slowly we are going up.
Recently I was in Russia, and there are still places around Moscow where they dont have electricity and no phone.
So if you have chose between two evils, I will chose , that I would recognize to me as less.
Originally posted by swesais
And I have the luck to live in U.S.S.R. and now im living in horrible capitalistic, free market world.
Lets see, Back in 84 I lived in comunal apartment whit 7 people, only because in thse days for one single person you had only 10 m2 by the law.
i couldnt only imagine about a car,because it was not only expencive, but you needed to wait until you are the next in the line. And the line was very long.
Now I have house, a new car, and I can afford to spend my vacation in foreign countrys. And Im not rocket scientist or banker
And whit my education is everything allright,thats why I dont argue wit you about U.S. how great they are,but im speaking about my personal experience and things that I have lived.