03-11-2017, 10:11 AM
(03-11-2017, 09:54 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: Well typically the Russians trade land for time because they have a sekret weapon....General Frost. Both Napoleon and Hitler were unprepared for winter, and the meme that the Germans didn't issue winter uniforms is untrue (they did--its just that those uniforms were inadequate for Russia. Western Europe benefits from the gulf stream bringing warm water in their vicinity, Russia being continental does not benefit from that and thus consequently has a much colder climate in winter, and oppressively hot summers.
The way I learned it was the Russia has two unbeatable generals which are named General January and General February. In 1942 they also had General December.
(03-11-2017, 09:54 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: But yeah Russians, like most other animals, don't like being backed into a corner.
Trouble is that the Russians aren't mere animals. They may not fight for any particular government but they will fight for Mother Russia with a ferocity that most other people don't understand. Putin is a Christian himself but he also knows this which is why he is encouraging the return Russia's normal culture. Unless the US government regains some measure of sanity, he figures that he will need Russia's traditional culture to survive the coming war. Putin may be many things but a fool is not one of them.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises