Zaroc Stone wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:31:44 -0600, tumbler wrote:
>>
>>> Don Homuth wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:33:42 -0600, tumbler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Don Homuth wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:21:58 -0600, tumbler wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Don Homuth wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:19:09 -0600, tumbler wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Zaroc Stone wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> A Second Cold War with Russia? Not Likely
>>>>>>>>> Must be why they flew bombers to Venezuela on 911...
>>>>>>>> It's one of those Sovereignty things, doncha see. And in that game,
>>>>>>>> it's all sauce/goose/gander.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Always taking the commies' side, typical homu.
>>>>>> Nope --
>>>>> Yup.
>>>>>
>>>>> Every damned time.
>>>> To provide you with an Actual Clue, The Russians are no longer the
>>>> Commies you grew to hate so habitually.
>>>
>>> To remind you, the hard line KGB still runs the show.
>> The presence of a Secret Police is not a hallmark solely of a
>> Communist regime, child.
>>
>>> Grow the fuck up - child.
>> Someone resorting to such a statement is clearly not in a position to
>> make it.
>>
> That is Sam's response when he can't offer a reasonable reply.
LOSER!
Again, lol...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7257310.stm
KGB old boys tightening grip on Russia
By Martin Sixsmith
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams famously said about the IRA that "they
never went away, you know", and researching the current BBC World
Service series, After the KGB, left me with a very similar impression.
According to research by the Russian Academy of Sciences, three quarters
of senior politicians have a background in the security forces and
Russia's largest companies are now headed by former KGB men with
personal ties to Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin argues this is a good thing - that Russia needs a strong
hand to restore order. When I spoke to President Putin's spokesman,
Dmitry Peskov, he was reassuring.
"The majority of [former KGB men] are very talented and very skilful
people. They are just people like us - they are not aliens," he said.
