Again, the Russians are coming. The militarization of consciousness
Patriots squared
There is nothing more interesting than finding out news about the totally increased power of the Russian army from familiar foreigners. Not those that were born and raised in some Western European outback and just happened to meet on your way, but those who were born in the USSR, but by chance, and there were many such cases in the 80 of the last century, suddenly remembered his genes grandfathers or great-grandfathers and suddenly became a German, Finn, Pole, Czech ... Moreover, a patriot in the square of his new homeland.
Today it is no longer distinguishable from the indigenous inhabitants of their countries, often changing their name and surname, as in this case, respectable middle-aged men. Even the Russian language, once native, today betrays a foreigner. Accent. Recently I happened to meet with two such Europeans, who were my schoolmates.
One, a German, a patriot of Germany and Ukraine to the marrow, although he has never been and is not going to Ukraine. It’s just that my mother was Ukrainian, and most of the new Europeans in his town, like him, come from Ukraine.
History the other is more complicated. This is a Russian-German Swede. He went to Germany. Divorced his wife and eventually married a Swede.
I’ll miss the conversations after the first (and remember?) And the second (I live normally, I raised children, I have a house, I have work, etc.). I will go straight to the "political part" and "the aggressiveness of myself and my country."
What are the representatives of the big Europe and small Europe agreed? Both spoke confidently about the aggressiveness and super preparedness of the Russian army. Moreover, the confidence that any Russian soldier today is Rambo with a two-headed eagle on his sleeve is complete. Even when I reminded the interlocutors of their service in the Soviet Army and the degree of their training then, this confidence remained.
Rambo in cube
Yes, a Russian soldier is serving a year today. But thanks to the secret developments of the Russian special services, the training of the soldier is proceeding at such a pace that from the frail "nerd" this year we get a ready-to-use commando capable of waging war on any enemy alone. What can I say, only thanks to our media for stories about the modern army.
Arguments like the fact that modern young people do not differ much in physical and moral qualities in Russia and Europe were completely dismissed. Moreover, the main counterargument was ... the actions of our troops in Syria and ... in Ukraine. Heroism and readiness for self-sacrifice were blamed on us! “Russians always win the war with great blood.” "A soldier commits a feat because he is afraid of punishment in case of failure to comply with the order."
Following. Russia has always violated international disarmament and arms limitation treaties. In particular, the last treaty that we broke (!), Meaning the INF Treaty, was broken only because Moscow had new weapons - hypersonic missiles.
By the way, the successes of the RF Armed Forces in Syria are also associated with a new secret weapons. It was this weapon that effectively neutralized American weapons! This alone explains the fact that the United States today requires Europe to increase its allotment for NATO maintenance. Europe is defenseless against Russia's weapons, even in alliance with the great United States!
There are more conclusions. Based on personal observations in the former homeland. Russia is militarizing! We are becoming a soldier country! An explanation is needed here. In Soviet times, there were two military schools in our city - combined arms and tank. During the period of military reforms, the combined arms school was closed, and the tank school became a branch of the material support academy.
On the site of the combined arms school, it was decided to revive the cadet corps. The fact is that this corps was still in tsarist times. And among his graduates there are truly outstanding people. It is enough to recall Mikhail Frunze, Valerian Kuibyshev, General Lavr Karnilov, General Dmitry Karbyshev. Even the famous sculptor, whose St. Petersburg horses are known throughout the world, Peter Klodt, studied in this building.
In general, the list of those who studied and became the pride of the Russian Empire, the USSR and modern Russia is huge. 19 cavaliers of the Order of St. George awarded the St. George Arms, 37 cavaliers of the Order of St. George, 79 Heroes of the Order of the Glory, 5 cavaliers of the Order of Glory, 7 Heroes of the Russian Federation, 4 cavaliers of 3 Orders of Courage. Marshals, generals, scientists, statesmen, scouts ...
It was this cadet corps that was the discovery for Europeans. More precisely, evidence of the militarization of society. Moreover, he was the proof that the Russian army is preparing Rambo! The corps is an airborne assault force and the corps commander is Colonel of the Airborne Forces. Yes, and the Hero of the Soviet Union! A simple "rambo soldier" is being prepared near the city. At the 242 Airborne Training Center. He, too, was not in Soviet times.
What is your evidence?
To be honest, the conversation left me with a double impression. On the one hand, it is clear that in Europe there is a developed and powerful system for processing the brains of ordinary people. But on the other hand, it somehow does not fit with the fact that my interlocutors were brought up by the Soviet system, served in the Soviet Army, and lived in the USSR. An adult does not often change his beliefs. Especially based on personal experience.
I received the answer to this question from the “new Swede”. It was he who brought a bunch of "evidence of Russia's aggressive actions" against Northern Europe and the Baltic countries.
First of all, the inhabitants of this region are extremely peaceful people. These are angels in the flesh, who, in their thoughts, do not fight with anyone. And all the war games that they hold constantly are just a search for answers to the speedy aggression of the Russian Federation. Moreover, the confidence that aggression will be absolute. True, to my question “Why do we need the Baltic States and Northern Europe?” I did not hear an answer. Some kind of babble about getting out of the Baltic Sea and that’s it.
First of all, the Russians jam GPS signals during NATO exercises along the coast, which creates unbearable conditions for fishermen and sailors. And all the "shoals" that occur in the exercises are from the Russians. Sailors and marines cripple and even die through the fault of the Russians.
Along the coast of Sweden constantly go Russian "invisible to the detection means" submarines and ... spoil the fishing nets (!). Fishermen are constantly reporting to local media about such boats. A boat with nuclear weapons is on duty even near the capital. By the way, I remembered this story five years ago. Then, in the fall of 2014, the Swedes all over the world really caught this boat. About 3 million dollars spent. And in the spring in the spring of 2015 they still caught ... a civilian fishing vessel.
Further. On the territory of all the states of Northern Europe and the Baltic there are constantly special forces units of Russia. The last case, which is widely discussed in Sweden, is the Russian special forces on Svalbard. Special Forces, which was seen by almost all the inhabitants of this island. Given the "densely populated", of course. But at the same time, successfully hiding from the army and police of Norway.
Of course, I understand that at the end of the year, when the parliaments of various countries approve the next budget, including the military, of their states, such horror stories will appear. And appear in huge quantities. The military needs to eat. And appetites are growing. But this is not about big politics, but about ordinary citizens.
The conviction of my interlocutors of their own righteousness and the apparent unwillingness to agree with elementary logical conclusions are scary. People are simply confident in the imminent future war. The confidence of the doomed? Understanding the inevitability of war?
For some reason I remembered Ilf and Petrov. Remember the story of a large communal apartment number 3, "Crow's Creek"? Remember the scene when Vasisualia Lokhankin was flogged?
“And then Vasisualii was silent for a moment. “Maybe it’s necessary,” he thought, twitching from the blows and examining Nikita’s dark, armored toenails. “Maybe this is the atonement, the cleansing, the great sacrifice ...”
But the end of Raven's Settlement was sad. As well as the end of our communication with my former comrades in the Soviet school, in the Soviet past. After many years, we found ourselves on the opposite sides of world history, and perhaps civilization in general.
No matter what they say to us about diplomacy, about the possibility of reaching an agreement, about common sense, finally, after the meeting, I once again became convinced of a simple and well-known truth: powder must be kept dry.
- Alexander Staver
- Jonny lindner
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