tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post8957657313556729907..comments2024-03-16T09:11:27.097-04:00Comments on GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD: The Next Russian RevolutionGrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760252542953109449noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-60509357240557983292011-07-22T23:29:24.457-04:002011-07-22T23:29:24.457-04:00Nice comments, Courtney!
You da bomb!Nice comments, Courtney!<br /><br />You da bomb!AmPowerBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236333181889271910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-51183580929797903092011-07-22T13:12:18.853-04:002011-07-22T13:12:18.853-04:00Anonymous - Please. This site is "...way more...Anonymous - Please. This site is "...way more better..." than anything ancient shrews could devise.<br />ThomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-70873093142059850292011-07-22T11:40:46.074-04:002011-07-22T11:40:46.074-04:00meh. My typing skills are FAIL today. *sigh*meh. My typing skills are FAIL today. *sigh*celticdragonchickhttp://littlegreenfootballs.com/pages/celticdragonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-56795469440235708672011-07-22T11:15:26.931-04:002011-07-22T11:15:26.931-04:00@anonymous...
You don't have to read the blog...@anonymous...<br /><br />You don't have to read the blog if your don't like it. I may have strong disagreements with GSGF on some policy issues, but I am thrilled to see young women actually intersted in diplomacy and military issues. We need more, not less.<br /><br />And continuing...<br /><br />The problem with not having a professional army is readily evident when you look at the recent spat with Georgia. Of course Georgia was overmatched, but the quality problem with the Russian military was embarrassingly evident. The Russian Army had real problems with Georgian defences and their Israeli made ATGM's which had a masty habit of blowing up T-80 tanks. I still cannot figure out out the Russian Air Force could not manage to get full control of Georgian airspace(Georgian SU-25 Frogfoot attack fighters were in action the entire time. They should have been knocked out of the air and the runways blown to bits by the second day. Unbelievable). <br /><br />Anyways, I am a newcomer here and your blog looks like fun. :)<br /><br />Keep doing what you do!<br /><br />Annemarie aka celticdragonchickcelticdragonchickhttp://littlegreenfootballs.com/pages/celticdragonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-12352795812871419782011-07-22T10:57:14.852-04:002011-07-22T10:57:14.852-04:00Please tell me this entire blog is just a bad coll...Please tell me this entire blog is just a bad college joke created by a bored, spaced out college student, and that you are still stuck on that thrilling, enlightening experience you had of reading one of Ann Coulter's pulp screeds.<br /><br />No wonder the American Empire is headed towards bankruptcy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-47330877581068947642011-07-22T09:44:42.721-04:002011-07-22T09:44:42.721-04:00I don't think its necessarily that the officer...I don't think its necessarily that the officer class will overthrow Putin, they might get some Plutonium cocktails if they did that, but that doesn't mean they can't overthrow the democratic 'order'.<br />The article notes that the upper levels are upset that they government is trying to prevent them from being abusive and corrupt, so are they really all that far from sending a few armoured vehicles to the steps of the Duma, or machine gunning a few political headquarters and newspapers? Look at Pakisan, the military doesn't have to be in charge de jure, just able to control the important events de facto.<br /><br />And if there's a public revolt if Putin's party steals the election, THEN the military, including the conscripts, can step in, and that'd be a coup. A counter-coup, just like last time.<br /><br />The article talks about this in the context of the 'color revolutions'. Guess we can't call it the Red Revolution.Nygdannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719362718346107647.post-46541344721301220872011-07-22T09:05:29.936-04:002011-07-22T09:05:29.936-04:00I doubt it. As he says, the common soldiery are u...I doubt it. As he says, the common soldiery are upset at command, not at the political leadership (well, anymore than every other Russian is). So what if the officers are angry that what Putin's done to every other facet of society is now being done to them; who's going to fight for them if they rise? The soldiers they treat like crap? Hardly. Besides, is Putin really that unpopular? My impression is that most Russians don't necessarily like what he's done, but he's given them stability, slow economic improvement, and a few reasons to be proud again. This makes him tolerable, as opposed to the Russian military leadership who most Russians despise. If it ever came down to it, the people would choose the devil they know and the peace they have over an untried, unproven, military junta that rebelled for the sake of preserving its own privileges and interests.<br /><br />Not that I think it'd ever actually come to that. I mean seriously; how many journalists has Putin had killed now? How many political and economic opponents has he gotten the drop on and jailed? If coup planning ever reached a serious stage in Russia, I'd imagine he'd come down on the plotters pretty quickly.Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14776242322789918501noreply@blogger.com