The 2nd Crimean War?

[robkelk]

Heard a report on the radio yesterday about a Russian woman commenting on recent history.

In the 1980s when the USSR was active in Afghanistan, sometimes soldiers would be deployed on missions they weren't allowed to tell their families about. If the soldiers died during the missions, their families were never told what the missions were, although they were informed that posthumous awards had been bestowed on the soldiers.

When Russia was fighting in Georgia and Chechnya in the last two decades, sometimes soldiers would be deployed on missions they weren't allowed to tell their families about. If the soldiers died during the missions, their families were never told what the missions were, although they were informed that posthumous awards had been bestowed on the soldiers.

In the last fem months, sometimes Russian soldiers have been deployed on missions they aren't allowed to tell their families about. If the soldiers die during the missions, their families are never told what the missions were, although they are informed that posthumous awards had been bestowed on the soldiers.

So... draw your own conclusions, based on history.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012