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Old August 29th, 2009, 06:41 PM

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Default Re: Excellent article on Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by Wdll View Post
The best thing about the T-34 was that for every german panzer, the USSR could field 1.5 billion T-34s. (yes I am kidding about the numbers).

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After Hungary, and especially after Czeckoslovakia, it was pretty damn obvious that NATO was going to invade the USSR.
What are you drinking and where can I get some? How was NATO ever going to invade and with what?

Now, as for the rest of your post, I am ok more or less, but the above is a bit silly.

I agree that it was mainly a matter of leadership that cost the war to the soviets. They were just too civilized about it.

At least I made the comment about the Front being idle, so that might have clued people on. But that is a horrible mistake to make. I can't enough for that mistake

NATO today doesn't seem to be as confused, they kill civilians just fine, but the problem is that while the armed forces there have been trained to kill and destroy, they ask them to do police duties and, at least on the ground, be extra careful to whom the fire, since they want to earn the hearts and minds of the populace, which is where, unless there is some huge change somewhere, will be their undoing. You do not act civilized against an enemy that will gladly slaughter you and your family in a sec if they are given the chance.
I have to say, Alexander did the smart thing. Go in, make allies and whoever doesn't agree, destroy, burn, kill. Then let them keep peace on their own and get the fudge out of there.
Wow. That was retarded. I meant to say "It was pretty damn obvious that NATO wasn't going to invade the USSR". Thank you for catching that. If you read the context of the post, you'd pick it up. But I meant to say wasn't, gah! I just pulled a McLellan.
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