A few good men in Russia...

...where draft dodging is a national passtime. I don't blame them...

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1888238,00.html?iid=digg_share

So what say you, Draqon, ready to serve mother Russia???

 

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Poor poor Draqon. :bawl: He tries hard to prop up the standing of his motherland, and you appear to be using sarcasm to poke fun at him! You're not doing anything to help him get... :shake:

 

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Ooh, is that ZU-23 mounted on a BTR-70/80/90 in the photo?
That is unusual.

 

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What's up with those uniforms ?

They look like some kind of funky pajamas.

:bugeye:

 

Russian fashion sense...

 

1. Dmitri is a traitor to nation, from Time story here

2. Dmitri is most likely insane to begin with...thats why he does not want to say the diagnosis

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Miss the point?
He paid to get the diagnosis.
Traitor?
Along with all the other draft dodgers and deserters.
Oh wait: he should have joined Spetsnaz, and then he could have earned good money "moonlighting" for organised crime.

 

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Spetsnaz is a destinguished SWAT-like organization, government law abiding.

draft dodgers and deserters are traitors to the nation

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exactly...so he is also going against the law!

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This man needs to be taken down as a criminal.

 

No, Spetsnaz is nothing like SWAT, it's MILITARY special forces.
And there are LARGE numbers of ex (and current) Spetsnaz troops moonlighting as "enforcers" for organised crime in Russia at the moment.

 

You mean that AA looking thing on the APC?

 

Yeah.
Twin barrelled 23 cannon.
I've seen ground mounts and mounts on MT-LB tracked vehicles, but that particular vehicle they're sat on looks more BTR (8 wheeled) type from what little I can see of it.
And that's quite unusual.

 

So, when are you signing up for national service???

 

So is this why you have come to America, to get help with whatever "disorder" you might be afflicted with?:shrug:

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I think it is a good sign. Russia has no need to be spending such hugh sums on the military. It is what caused the Soviet Union to fall. The money could be better spent in economic development.

Additionally a conscript army is nothing to be proud of either. You have the additional problem of corruption when such low wages are paid...wittness Iraq's Army had how fast they fell when confronted with American military power (all volunteer). The Iraq Army could not surrender fast enough.

The conscription process does not server Russia militarily or economically.

 

Russia needs to and will increase spending on military, this is essential for technological breakthrough as well as security of the nation.

 

ummm emmm...

I am currently held hostage in an enemy establishment, USA.

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with my hands and feet tied and tongue connected by electric wire if I speak...I cannot leave for my motherland.

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I was taken here, I did not come here on my consent.

 

A plane leaves every day to Russia, why can't you just on board? What prevents you from leaving? :shrug:

 

lol