John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT (AND PROMPTLY REMOVED, WHICH IS NOT COMMON WITH THIS PAPER)
“Defiant Russia showcases new weapons in Victory Day parade
“Moscow debuts new hypersonic missile systems, drones, robotic fighting vehicles and stealth fighter jets’
"Defiant Russia showcases new weapons in Victory Day parade’?
Really shabby headline.
Why is this characterized as "defiant"?
It is Russia's Victory Day, the most important day in their calendar, marking the most colossal event in all of human history, Russia's defeat of Germany.
The Soviets lost 27, 000, 000 souls in an effort which dwarf's the efforts of Britain or France or America. It dwarfs the toll of the Holocaust, too.
In the course of it, they experienced such events as most of us cannot even imagine.
The greatest single battle in all of history at Stalingrad. The greatest tank battle ever fought at Kursk. The terrifying siege of Leningrad which saw about a million perish.
They have every right and duty to parade and commemorate such events. And to remind the world of who actually won the war and defeated Germany. Three out of every four German soldiers killed in the war were killed by Soviets.
And, yes, it is an opportunity to display some new forces and weapons, but, my God, Russia is being threatened at this moment by the United States and its cowardly and unquestioning allies in Europe.
You've rolled tanks up right to their border, military planes approach their skies regularly, military ships are in the Black Sea and the Baltic, Russia's leader is openly maligned, irrational sanctions are imposed regularly, it has been ringed with missiles, and America instigated a paid coup in Ukraine against a democratic government right on Russia's doorstep, installing an incompetent government which has sent Ukraine's economy into a tailspin.
Do you have no understanding?
