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How To Keep Russia From Invading The Rest Of Europe (For Under $5)
Forget sanctions; forget denouncements; forget red lines... there is only one thing that can stop Putin from taking over Europe...
Source: Cagle via The Burning Platform
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I alone am preventing that which is not happening anyway.
keep it up i say and you should know,
i am helping in my own special way.
Would that sign not also spook the USSA out of Europe as well? And I don't think the Brits had a swell time in 'stan.
Google 1842 retreat from Kabul; 16499 killed or captured, one man and one horse escaped.*
*the horse was led to a stable where it fell down, and died.
Don't tempt Putin. He might try to take over the 340 billion/year heroin trade from the Bush/CIA/USA gangsters. Forget insignificant Ukraine, we will really ignite WW3.
absolute rubbish my friend.
since the navy seals and the sas,the cia and the mi6 and the mossad went into this theatre of opewrations drug production is down.
exports of heroin have never been so low low low since the us marines,brits and other countries came in.
every day are boyz hunt down poppies to burn.
the poor taliban are indeed poor.
we have turned afghanistan into a paradise a mirror reflection of are own value system.
the very idea that c130s are shipping 100s of tons of h from helmand to camp bondsteal is frankly rather silly.
some folks say camp bondsteel is overly engineered for it's official purpose and is more like a fort knox rubbish.
no heroin by the thousands of tons,no children by the thousand no gold by the 1000s of tons.
3 cheers the war on drugs has been won in afghanistan.
god bless jacob and edwyn rothschild,the german queen of england,the bush crime family and the cia
Did you forget the sarc/ or are you an idiot.Funny how I haven't seen any video of the poppy fields burning.
Bet Put-in doesn''t remember that long ago, no?
sometimes you have to read between the lines a bit.
Since I don't recognize the handle or writing style, I looked for a sarc tag. Not sure if I should encourage or not, either way, a little improvement in the writing dept would be beneficial.
You write like you dropped out in the first grade.
Thanks for the truth Tony, some of us don't need a sarc to appreciate what you wrote.
I don't always agree with Tony but when I do I prefer sarc.
nightshiftsucks, zadok, and iriestx have been members for much longer than I... not sure how you could not be familiar with tony wilson by now. He comments all the time, sometimes sarcastically.
Heroin production and use are up substantially. Even ZH here had a good post about this. Most hard drug use is down, weed is up 20 or so % , heroin, up 60%, fucking awful. Its all over the place.
http://barenakedislam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/obama20taliban-vi1.jpg...
And I don't think the Brits had a swell time in 'stan.
s'right, they kept getting right up the Khyber Pass till in the end, it rectum.....
been dragging their arses ever since......take heed!
one man and one horse escaped.*
the story here.
Where's Tim Osman when you really need him?
As much as I disliked Ronald Reagan, what if we resurrected Ronald Reagan. It worked the last time when he was in power.
Even v2.0, Ronald Dregan, has passed. The message lives on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuCRUgGkR_g
http://youtu.be/Wi9y5-Vo61w
You're first mistake is thinking Ronald Reagan has any real power. You're second is thinking the US strategy at the time "worked". Reagan tripled the national debt (Obama, crappy as he is has only raised it 33%) to fight a war we had already won as the USSR was rotting from the inside pre-Carter. The 80's was about using the RED Menace threat to get politicainas elected who would allow the looting of the middle and lower classes. The 2Ks used the Islam threat to so the same.
Ronald Reagan's years were good because Alaskan oil arrived, rising to its peak in 1988 and relentlessly down since.
Clinton's years were good because the North Sea's oil arrived, rising to its peak in 1999 and relentlessly down since.
People just don't matter much. Hari Seldon would understand.
+1 for the Foundation reference.
People don't matter much, until they do. The snowflake that starts the avalanche, the drop of rain that pushes stable instability into chaotic instability, etc. Harry Browne would understand. [Edit - The Mule would also understand.]
clinton years were good because he opened trade with china. end of story... Oil is a comodity which is traded on the strength or weakness of the dollar. What do you think china will be paying per barrel from iran based on the strength of yuan backed by bric treaties? It is not always supply side paridigm. Gold and silver have proven that... and you can thank clinton for yuan's current strength as well. Its about manipulation and corruption. Nothing more.
End of story? No, that's still to come because we still have some altitude. But the engines aren't just flamed out; they were sold to China.
Clinton appeared good to the plebes because of the .Com bubble of bubbles.
don't forget the beanie babies (redneck nasdaq).
You can still experience the skill of Reagan via the wonders of the internet. Google, Bedtime for Bonzo and relish the skills of Reagan.
Well, there were no Russians invading that movie, Nancy
Well, you're no Achmed Mohammed Almed Gore.
Funny how Reagan's (the acting president?) name pops`up... mr. trickle down?
FDR and Worker Capitalism --- "Trickle Down Economics" vs. the "Forgotten Man" http://www.capital-flow-analysis.com/investment-essays/fdr2.html
Note: Reagan was 70 years old when he first took office as POTUS, and barely made it too finnish his 2nd term at 78 years old, without impeachment or dementia starting in, or around his 75th birthday.
Why is this of concern? Hillary Clinton will be the next President, and, she too, will be 70 years old if elected. Warning: she can't handle 'SHIT' for whatever it matters? And Sweet William 'Global Initiative' a crossed-dress'd NGO of the campaign 'Roberts' type with a built in loophole for a cunnalinquist... ooooh my, my?
jmo
There is no moar divide between Democrat and Republican today, than a chocolate and vanilla twist ice creme cone. Period! They both pay complete homage to big business, and Wall Street. What separates them are clever wedge issues that never will go away... seeing that the SCOTUS has been compromised since the start of the 20th c., where justices can move in and out of presidential cabinets or congress. The good-ole-boy system, straight to K-Street!
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Nominations.htm#8
What they really need is a gun free zone sign. That keeps all the "bad guys" away.
Ukraine bans guns on these premises!!
Russia has strict firearm laws more like outright ban. Our dear leader deep down is proud.
Betcha'd have an easier time picking up a real-deal AK in Russia than in the US.
neo-nazis never go for that
hippie shite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXeMsyIQTSQ
It worked out so well in Gettysburg.
A FREE Gun Zone would work much better....HISTORY proves it, thanks
Works great at Ft Hood!
Free gun, not gun free.
Someone care to explain the comic?
Thanks
USSR tried to invade Afganisthan back in 1979 to 1989. Things went badly for them.
Just as thing went badly for the U-S in the past 10 years.
EDIT: Oh and by the way. The U-S funded the forces opposing the USSR back in the time. They are the same people that fighted against the U-S when they invaded...
Actually the Soviets did not invade Afghanistan willingly, but were duped into it. I am not apologizing for them, but...
Brzezinski along with his handpicked Trilateral sycophant president Jimmy Carter and the CIA engineered the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviets by putting into power those that they knew the Soviets would not be able to tolerate. They also made sure that the Soviets knew that it was the DC US doing these things and that the only way to stop the DC US was to invade.
The Mujahedeen organization and training was started 6-months BEFORE the Soviets invaded.
This comes directly from Brzezinski's mouth January 1998.
http://www.counterpunch.org/1998/01/15/how-jimmy-carter-and-i-started-th...
And more from that interview:
Brzezinski: Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war. Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.
Q: And neither do you regret having supported the Islamic [integrisme], having given arms and advice to future terrorists?
Brzezinski: What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?
Which might explain why Putin/Russia won't be fooled again, by being drawn into Ukraine..
Fool me once: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ux3DKxxFoM
or... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msr1u7Ph4zY
and, in fairness, Dana Carvey spoofs Obama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xELXw3PuHQA
Agree
Russia and Iran have collaborated on past history regarding CIA/FBI COIN & CT gathering, parleyed with proxy NGO's stirring the anti-gov't pot!
Russia and Iran, as I've mentioned above, have read all the history's and strategy's of how the USSA has gotten to where they are today, and, are applying a reverse-psychology program to thwart every movement on the set-match global chessboard at present.
Every great nation with world dominance has ended up losing all because of 'two-front-wars'-- america says it can fight two wars simultaneously, and is prepared, but... we are on every continent, and spread so thin, like peanut butter, that there's nothing left in the jar at home.
Who we gonna call to help us? A bankrupt'd Europe or NATO (USSA bought and paid 4$), or Japan that's imploding and could turn-on anyone? Sure the ME would love to help us, but we luv Israel moar and have arm'd them to the teeth to protect our Petro$$$ from flying out the Gold/Ruble/Yuan Axis???
So maybe Palestine should just say yes, but... a picture tells a thousand words, and it does matter? http://www.ifamericansknew.org/about_us/4maps.html
or pdf http://www.ifamericansknew.org/download/FourMaps.pdf
on a tangent, sorry
jmo
(Recalling the policy during the Reagan era):
"Let's go recruit these Mujahedeen, let's get some to come from Saudi Arabia and other places, importing their Wahabi brand of Islam, so that we can go beat the Soviet Union"
Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqn0bm4E9yw
Lest we forget:
http://i.xstend.com/d02pe3u0evs_n.jpg
Its where we got all them 'turrorists', funded them and sent them????
Then in early 2009, Russia offered to provide assistance to the US in Afghanistan, with conditions of course.
From: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=aW0CaMQmfn2E&pid=newsarchive
Yes, its pretty sad what have become of Afghanistan. Kabul used to be a cosmopolitan city.
http://bsnews.info/from-afghanistan-to-syria-womens-rights-war-propagand...
The Soviet Union went broke fighting there, hence the break up.
Now the USA is going broke fighting there.
It was their version of the Vietnam War. They lost, it was hugely unpopular at home, many died, the tactics used were brutal and they spent a ton of money
Afghanistan, graveyard of empires.
...and Tanks
http://geopolicraticus.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/soviettankgraveyard.jpg
the USA has 700+ bases outside the US. the Soviets were pikers compared to the true evil empire.
The point to remember in the Ukraine crisis is that the word “invasion” should apply, not to Russia, but to the John McCain Co., namely the IMF, Neocon, European/Fed central banker, NATO, CIA and Western Ukrainian mobsters.
This never-ending force of the Debt Slavery Empire invaded an area of Russian influence in order to further isolate Russia, and now it's trying to blame Russia, i.e., the cartoon. And repeating the words “Russian takeover, Russian annexation of Crimea, Russian threats of war, and Russian invasion” is warmonger talk,
It’s things like this that create war; history has proven that low information people can be brought on board for a war when an enemy is created and then portrayed as a threat. It does not occur to them that modern Russia under Putin has little resemblance to Stalin's Soviet Russia under the Bolsheviks.
This dangerous drawing is hardly a kneeslapper. I’m surprised it made the cut at Burning Platform.
As to this headline, “invading” is a warmonger term.
charlie wilson's war
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472062/
Dear Humans,
We have called off the apocalypse after realizing that there are no brains left.
Yours Sincerely, Zombies
i hope they find that osama look alike that
was allegedly buried at sea while surreptitiously
searching the indian ocean. now, more
than ever, europe needs him.
Jump fuckers, jump!
Legalize Opium
Then you wouldn't need US troops to guard the poppy fields, one less reason for us to still be in Afghanistan.
Then how are the banksters gonna make money from money laundering?
They are still trading in USD?
I have a better idea that will cost nothing. It will even make you save money:
Stop destabilising Russia's neighbouring countries.
Shhh! We're supposed to believe it's all Russia's fault so we can find the cartoon funny.
...all russian neighboring countries have been already destabilised by simply being next to russian empire...
russians are only good at producing weapons and digging their soil.....ehm.....same like americans do now :)
...thats why we have the flood of russian appologist here...
A gallon of paint is way over five bucks at the HD. Plus a brush? You are already understating defense costs!!!!
the estimate from KBR for the cost-plus contract was $342,000.
More and more this is looking like "Blame the economic crash on Vlad's non-existent Portuguese beach vacation in a T90"...wake me up when the USA depletes the SPR.
i would take Afghanistan under Soviet Rule vs Afghanistan under Taliban Rule all day and night long.
http://www.retronaut.com/2010/10/once-upon-a-time-in-afghanistan/
now the only choice is to nuke Afghanistan from outer space. but at least they can vote on how they want to die.
I would never take Afghanistan...
Afghanistan cannot be taken anyway. Many have tried and failed.
Those pictures are from before the Russian invasion, back when it was sort of a free country
"During their nine years in Afghanistan the Soviets sent tens of thousands of Afghans to colleges and universities in major Soviet cities. They built schools, roads, hospitals, and they brought in professionals to staff them."
http://www.rferl.org/content/What_The_Soviets_Got_Right_In_Afghanistan/1...
afghanistan was a client country under the sphere of influence of the soviets from 1919 til the 1970s and the soviets were their largest aid donor you jack ass. open a history book Twitter brain.
I don't give a damn who rules that shit hole
Your imf STD S dont work here, now f off.
A Century 21 sign ought to do it.
It is funny,
because the Soviet Union went broke, trying to fight Afganistan.
Not so funny,
Because the USA went broke trying to do the same thing
You just noticed, see Dmitry Orlov. you tube.
The Quijotic Don Obama with his necessary war that never quite ends, the US bloodied and twisted and the windmill ruined....
The delusional Obama declaring victory....after all, he heard so much about FDR's good war, Johnson's fight against the savage Vietnamese, Truman's valiant bombing of Japan and he wanted to emulate G W Bush's success in the Iraq war.....
All to create a legacy.
My thought on the matter....Obama is so ineffectual, so incapable of actually doing something of his own crafting, not only has he followed Bush's entire foreign and economic policy, on steroids, but now he has even followed Bush's 'mission accomplished' romp. Pathetic
So you're saying he's clueless...
His job is to follow a script, same as Bush before him, same as the one to follow.
You're mistaken in thinking they write the script. They don't. The banksters do. Goldman Sachs & JP Morgan is your President & has been for 100 years.
Unlike the Russians they got the money printing party started in Iraq not once but two times so I would say we "spent" a little more.
We aren't even broke anymore, we are drowning in fake banker war debt upon debt, stacked on debt that us "citizens" owe?
What a joke.
i gave you an up arrow - but we weren't trying to go broke. and MIC didn't go broke at all. the taxpayers did - and the guys building death machines won. they got to blow up lots of toys in the middle of nowhere, and we got to spend lots of money buying more of them, for replacement and MORE, because they work so well. and we probably also got to make some money on poppy seeds and their by products, and where those were sent.
One of the main benefits of being a European member state is muslim import!
I seriously doubt that Putin is interested in taking over Europe anyway. He can trade for all the French wine and BMW's he could possibly want and I'm sure he's getting all the pussy he can handle..
Wow what an incredibly unfunny cartoon.
Truly the graveyard of empires.
However, before you throw in the towel on the America, let's see what millions of heavily armed, highly motivated American patriots have to say when push really comes to shove on Main Street.
the john wayne american is long gone, having been replaced by woody allen type wimpy, whining kid who would piss in his pants at the sight of violence. occupy showed the world what americans are not made of.
True to a certain extent; however, don't let the silence of what is probably a technical "majority" fool you. Problem is we have jobs so there's not a lot of time for protests and breaking glass. Times might change though?
besnook, did you grow up in the big city?
ever heard the song, "A country boy can survive?"
just saying - you better stay out east son
how do i know you are not poking your first cousin because he is a cute little boy. hillbilly stereotypes work,too. weak, buddy. you have no idea how much suffering a human can endure. most of your enemy does and are willing to inflict it upon you. what are you going to do? launch drones? you are going to fold like a 9 high. you have not seen depravity.
well bedsnook - you must have seen depravity, some cousin action i ass-ume as well. good for you
where do you live? do only bad guys have protection there? must be so, here we take care of each other
"Occupy" was nothing but a bunch of Woody Allen Commie spoiled brats. That's who real Americans will be fighting when the freebie train stops.
Ask not where the freebie train stops, it stops at the FEMA camp dummy.
10,000 furrarms for evry federale
10,000 furrarms for evry federale
The Greeks under Alexander couldn't take Afghanistan though in a world so sparely populated colonies were possible.
The (pre-Islamic) Persians never really had a hold beyond the Western, flatter portions.
It took the forces of Islam almost 200 years to conquer Kabul and longer to penetrate deeper into the Hindu Kush.
The Mongols couldn't do it though they certainly came close for awhile and killed a lot of people.
The Mughals of India wanted it for their trade routes. Holding Afghanistan was their downfall.
The British got slaughtered.
The Russians too.
And everyone laughed after the initial war fervor of 9/11 and support for the US waned.
Would that be before or after a commercial break?
No need for Putin to invade or occupy any country because, as they have learned, it is too costly. However, to undermine the US Petrodollar as a global trading currency which allows it to be a reserve fiat currency---now that's a much better strategy to follow with China, Iran and others where oil and gas are important.
Wars are started by nations trying to acquire resources... Russia already has them, they won't be starting the war. Europe might, but I doubt it; the last set of wars were industrialised mincing machines and have left a lasting scar on the European psyche.
America would go to war without thought though, as far as Americans are concerned all wars happen in other people's countries and just look at all the toys we could use there.
Simplistic.
While your statement is partially true nations actually go to war (start or defend; sometimes both sides start) to A. Survive, B. Assure security for itself (often this means edging up to or well within a mountain range; China and Israel are both excellent examples) C. Maintain internal cohesion, and D. Expand the influence of the state (in that order).
Sometimes the expansion of that influence involves acquiring new territory and thus the economic infrastructure there whether it be an industrial base, sea access, nat resources, etc.
Regarding internal cohesion: there's nothing better than a good ol' war to keep the populous rooting for team 'whoever we are', especially when the economy is bad and possible rebellion against the aristocracy/overlords (by whatever name) is imminent.
Cases in point US after the 9/11 false flag, Pearl Harbor (known in advance), the Battleship Maine, Lusitania (hey it worked before, are we fucking warmongers or what?), etc. etc. Other good examples would be the French under Napoleon (early example of nationalism and the drafting of common people to bolster/support professional forces), Japan & Russia at various times, and even emerging South American nations in the 17-1800s.
Not saying that you're wrong, but there are many reasons states go to war and often more than one reason at once.
Yes, it’s like all the false warmonger talk that depicts Russia as eyeing Poland. It is American Empire war propaganda, of course, to give NATO an excuse for further armaments in areas such as Poland . Russia no more wants Poland than Poland would want annexation of Ukraine, an economic headache with Ukraine's politics facing a challenge from “the oligarchs’ suffocating grip on its economy “ and the IMF.
According to Paul Craig Roberts it is The Big Whorehouse On The Potomac, “Washington, that is surrounding Russia with military bases: an anti-ballistic missile base in Poland, an anti-ballistic missile radar site in the Czech Republic, American-made ‘color revolutions,’ which have installed US puppet governments in Serbia, Ukraine, and Georgia, with failures in former constituent parts of Soviet central Asia.”
Says Roberts, “NATO, once a European/American alliance against Soviet invasion of Western Europe is now a mercenary US force fighting for America in Afghanistan and attempting to encircle Russia from the Baltics to Central Asia…
…it is Obama, not Putin, who has wars of aggression against three independent countries—Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, with a fourth war threatened with Iran.”
As for the mainlined, propagandized, programmed sheeple: “The US has no media. But it does have a Ministry of Propaganda -- Fox News, CNN, the New York Times, the CIA and Mossad bloggers… and every time ‘your’ media opens its mouth lies jump out that serve the US government’s hegemonic propaganda.”
It's as close to a State media as you can get.
http://www.vdare.com/roberts/090702_whorehouse.htm
The only reason they all failed to take Afganistan is they were trying to leave some of those sub-human things alive (maybe to tend the poppy fields for the government mobsters).
Glazing the terrain from afar would have eliminated the murdering stone-age thugs and rendered the land useless for even the Chinese and Iranians and Pakistanis to use, even though they have no compunctions about murdering their own people by the tens of millions.
what is a sub human thing, you,
your self?
The instrument of detente is the anti-aircraft missile on a regional scale.
Why all the Regan bashing? I guess the rewrite of histrory was successful. Shame.
Left-bashing aside, Reagan won 525 electoral votes (out of 538), the highest total ever received by a presidential candidate; Reagan carried 49 of the 50 states.
The Reagan bashing is because the Left, with its Mondales, Clintons, Gores and Obamas, cannot stand a leader who runs on morality and who is loyal to his supporters, be they Republicans or middle-class Democrats or Independents.
The Reagan victories in the Electoral College will not be possible ever again following the massive waves of Third World immigration and their dominance of the electoral votes in states such as California (56) and New York (29).
California is a perfect example of the immigration tsunami where Ronald Reagan, the favorite son, carried the state by a million votes -- complete ancient history compared with today’s Democrat supermajority in the state legislature.
With the amnesty-supporting Establishment Republicans, the California story can be every state’s story. And the Republican Party can be permanently installed as the minority party of a one-party system.
Cue slow-motion American flag with Kermit riding an elephant. You guys keep getting fooled.
Leverage!
The Public Be Suckered
http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1230886
"As U.S. war ends, Russia returns to Afghanistan with series of investment projects"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/as-us-war-ends-russia-r...
"In Afghanistan, Russian officials point to their development activities as a counterexample to U.S. aid projects, which many Afghans criticize as wasteful and misguided.
“The mistake of the last 12 years is that people were eager to give money, but without the proper strategy,” said Russian Ambassador Andrey Avetisyan, who was also based in Kabul as a young diplomat in the 1980s.
Many Afghans, including President Hamid Karzai, praise the Soviet model even though they fought a bloody 10-year war against the country’s army, which invaded in 1979 to support an unpopular communist government.
“The Soviet money went to the right place. They were efficient in spending their money and doing it through the Afghan government,” Karzai said in an interview with The Washington Post this month.
... read on for more"
Just look at the way the gov't is spending here...
Fighting in the mountains is a different animal. The only way to win is to blast the mountains into rubble.
but then you'd be fighting on a mountain of ruble (!?)
I would thought the answer would be to air drop and encourage the production of really cheap vodka and whiskey.
"The average Russian, including women and youths, drank 77 liters (20.3 gallons) of beer, 9 liters of spirit and 7 liters of wine in 2011, Euromonitor data shows. One in five Russian men die from harmful use of alcohol, the Geneva-based WHO says.
“We are used to smoking, drinking, eating a poor diet and doing little sport and then falling ill, and expect to be operated on or take pills to get better,” Nikolai Gerasimenko, deputy head of the lower house of parliament’s health committee, said in an interview. “That’s got to stop.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-30/putin-wages-war-on-vodka-as-lif...
On the other hand, Varia Makagonova writes on about.com Russian Travel:
You've probably heard a lot of "facts", myths and stereotypes about Russia. Find out which Russian "stereotypes" are actually true (here are 6 of the 10)!
1. Russians love vodka
Almost all Russians are capable of drinking vodka like water, and most of them will always have a bottle in their house whether they drink it regularly or not. If you are ever at an event of any sort organized by Russian people, there will be vodka there, and it will be offered to you! It’s not true, however, that Russians get extremely offended when you refuse a shot – it’s more that they’re surprised, because to them it’s not at all a big deal. And of course, remember that just because Russians like vodka, it does not mean that they are alcoholics – they can just drink more than most other people!
2. Russian women are extremely beautiful
Walk down any street in any Russian city and you will see that this is absolutely true. Young Russian women are gorgeous, and they are very particular about their appearance – most Russian women will not go outside without their hair and make-up perfectly done and their outfit, shoes and accessories perfectly matching. Even in the winter, you will see many Russian women on the streets in the following outfit: short skirt, tights, heels, and a fur coat.
6. Russians are blunt and serious
Russians always have a serious face on when they’re in public. It is considered impolite to express strong (especially loud) emotions around strangers. (Of course, this all changes in private, but that’s a different story.) Russian people are also very blunt and will not beat around the bush; they don’t tolerate small talk or niceties and much prefer to get to the point of a conversation. Except for young (Americanized) people, you will never hear Russian people exchanging “how are you?” as they walk past each other on the street – this question is reserved for private conversations and demands an honest answer.
8. Gender roles are alive and well in Russia
Men are men and women are women in Russia... in every aspect of daily life. Men are expected to be very traditionally chivalrous, opening doors, pulling out chairs, and paying for the ladies. Women are expected to cook, clean and always look gorgeous – and not act offended when they encounter these kinds of attitudes. I’m not saying it’s easy, but that’s the way it is!
9. Russian clubs are very exclusive
It’s true, many Russian clubs, especially in Moscow, are designed for the very rich, with strict face-control and exorbitant “cover” fees – and that’s before you have to pay for drinks! While it is possible to find some affordable clubs in Russia, be prepared to face high cover charges and even be turned away if you are not dressed up to the nines (see above). If you're not up for that, try going to a bar instead, which can often be just as lively but a lot less expensive!
10. Russians are flashy
When Russian people dress up, they go all-out. Sky-high heels, glittery miniskirts and fur coats on impeccably made-up girls, the latest in crisp, bright or loud men’s fashion on guys. When they’re not dressing to go out, Russian men tend to tone it down and wear quiet clothing, but Russian women keep it dialed up, always seeming as though they’ve stepped out of a fashion magazine (see below).
Kinda sounds like the old America, doesn’t it?
http://gorussia.about.com/od/Russian_history_and_culture/tp/Top-10-Russian-Stereotypes-Which-Are-True.htm
#2 is Bullshit.
FACT: Russia exports hot porn stars with big fucking tits!!!!!!!!!
I thought it was going to be have Obama give a speech
. . . and you though we could get that for $5???
It is NOT, Repeat NOT, Afghanistans that defeated Russia.
It is, repeat, the lowly SAND that defeated Russia. OK, maybe a little of terrain.
Isaac Asimov, one of the three A B C's of science fiction writers...Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke (Dick, Ellison, (Alan ) Foster, Gerrold, Herbert)....you get the drift