Spike Jones wrote:
>
> Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> > Beyond that, its really not conducive to continue to call Russians
> > 'commies', since the communists are a minority party in the Duma, nor is
> > Berlusconi a commie either, he is more of a libertarian than a
> > socialist.
>
> Its all a trick, you *know* its a trick, Mike. The commies have
> been raised with those notions, and they carry them secretly for life,
> all the while pretending to be reformed. Ya gotta watch em,
> I tells ya, they're sneaky.
Yeah, they claim to be 'democratic socialists' or 'social democrats' so
long as they aren't running things.
> OK, this day I stop calling the Russians commies. Do forgive
> me if I slip up once in a while, recalling that I am old enough to
> remember being in an extended low-level war with these folks.
Hey, I'm the veteran, so I know this. Today, the commies left are China,
Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, and North Korea, along with a chunk of the
Columbian drug economy. Russia is just a white third world country with
lots of hot women, a penchant for baksheesh, and really cool inexpensive
military hardware available to the highest bidder.
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