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Originally posted by Zepherian
1) They are not protecting me. Don't you get it, the only thing they are protecting against is people exactly like themselves?
2) The Military is a herd mentality. Strength in numbers. But it's unethical, it's half a dozen smart people hurding thousands of dumb people.
Originally posted by Zepherian
reply to post by PaddyInf
The first sign of brainwashing is the victim is unaware he was brainwashed.
Originally posted by englishste
Well in 1999 15 Rusian Spetz, took part in British Royal Marine Commando course, the longest selection course in NATO, not one passed and as far as there combat effectiveness, they are not special they are comparable to regular army units and have nowere near the training or experiance as British SAS, SBS, SRS, Marine Commandos, Paras, American Delta or seal teams BUT they are very good at showing off nowere in combat do you need to do pressup on broken glass, and as far as Georgia conflict, Russian troops have been out classed by NATO Trained Georgian troops, they had to reley on WW2 massive overwhelming force stratgey.