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I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.

Whats ironic is that had he actually been a good wartime leader this would actually have some (forgive me ) merit to it. But he was a terrible leader. He made mistake after mistake after mistake. Took all the credit for fantastic victories of his generals. And his stupid decisions and ignorances were responsible for millions of needless deaths. I pity the uneducated folk.

it's a image thing. bad or not, they are still gonna present a good image, we would do the same. but particuarly russians....you know what they're like!

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I am a stone, I do not move. I take my time, I let him come closer. I have only one bullet. I aim at his eye. I do not tremble, I have no fear.

...its a sense of Nationalistic Pride.

Don't forget the Russians would love to be the other superpower in the world and they may be looking to past leaders to restore national pride.

Then again, I could be wrong..

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"Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet."

I wonder how Sadistic will react to this after the whole Russo-Baltic thread...

I thought of that, and posted the link over there, too.

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Man up.

They really miss their empire, poor devils.

There is one solution for Russians who miss their Empire...... drink more vodka, drink a lot more vodka, overdose on it, and go away into an alcohol induced stupor.......