Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
Western = guy goes nuts and shoots up the town to protest an imagined police state.
Russia = guy goes nuts and nails his balls to the floor to protest a real police state
Now tell me which one is more effective in generating change?
Some things in Russia never change and I see being a sheep is one of them. I guess you can't expect 70 years or tyranny and state sponsored paranoia to just disappear in 20+ years especially when your democratic leader is a warm fuzzy former KGB Colonel like Vlad.

That's nation building. It's working so wonderfully in Iraq and Afghanistan, why shouldn't it work in Russia?
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