Jubilee Award Badge "15 Years Of The People's Home Guard Of The P.M.R.".

[deValcourt]

Originally Posted by desantnik

At what price stability? North Korea, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Uzbekistan, Iran, most former colonies (including the US) et al appear(ed) "stabile" until the people fed up by the imposed stability had the chance to throw up the BS flag.

Once again, I need a stronger sarcastic emoticon. The Russians I knew didn't want the faded and behemoth version of the Soviet system back. Farmers out in small towns south of Moscow I talked to didn't care too much for the co-op bosses they had before. The only "stability" the Russians maintained was in keeping a buffer of other countries around themselves. As for western Ukraine, well the people in Lvov were probably tired of having the KGB up their collective wazoos - and I think I've said enough.
Phillip