Posted on 02/20/2015 1:11:59 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday other countries should not have the illusion that they can attain military superiority over Russia, Interfax reported.
"No one should have the illusion that they can gain military superiority over Russia, put any kind of pressure on it. We will always have an adequate answer for any such adventures," he was quoted as saying in an address he will present next week on the Defenders' of the Fatherland Day holiday.
The report of Putin's comments came the same day British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said that Putin posed a "real and present danger" to the Baltic nations...
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Hey Putin, ask yourself.
“Do I feel lucky?”
Well do ya Putin?
Go ahead. MAKE MY DAY!
All it takes is one person learning to speak Russian at school and it justifies an invasion, apparently
Fukuyama, you boob.
I have relatives who farm near Lake Baikal. Lutherans before and since they arrived there in 1910 from the Polish Russian border, had some nasty problems during the Stalinist regime, yet held fast to their beliefs and customs.
They want to convince us that Putin is too powerful for America and the West to stand up to, and that we should submit and just let his long range military goals be accomplished since we are weak and inferior.
I'm on here pretty regularly and I haven't seen a hint of what you've written. On the other hand, comparisons between the Leader of Russia and our man-child in Washington abound.
...Hitler....
No he isn’t. Don’t be a defeatist.
Take away the nukes and these guys fold in a week.
I always thought it was MOTHER RUSSIA and that the NAZIs had the FATHERLAND.
Putey’s been in the Vodka again. LOL!
He also has his fan club.
[ At this point, after the demoralization of our forces under the Mozloid presidink, the obsequious congress, and the pie-eyed lockstep military leadership, yeah, putin is prolly right. ]
Sadly, you are correct sir!
I often said the Russian military of 2015 is a former shell of the Soviet days. Even if we had the military we had in 1965 or 1970 using the weapons we had then, the current Russian military would be no match. Even with 50 year old equipment along with the manpower then, we’d curbstomp Putin. Of course I’m not counting nukes but only conventional forces. Still we do not have the will to take him on if we had to. Should we or not, I’ll leave that for another time.
is there a “rule” for using motherland and fatherland? Do northern countries tend to use fatherland more?
The Wikipedia article on fatherland lists close to 50 languages/countries that employ a term that’s the equivalent of “fatherland.” Location, north or south, doesn’t seem to have much to do with it.
It’s not surprising that fatherland would be the term for one’s native country in any language that has any historical association with the Romans; the Latin word for “fatherland” is patria.
In the OED the expression Mother country has an earlier documentation date than fatherland, but fatherland precedes motherland:
1587 Mother country: a country in relation to its colonies.
1595 Mother country: one’s native land
1623 fatherland: country of one’s birth
1711 motherland: a country as producer of anything; one’s native country
In the 1930s the expression “the Fatherland” was widely used to refer to Germany. For many English speakers the association remains. When the United States adopted the term “Homeland Security” after the attack on the World Trade Center, the expression bothered me no end. “Homeland” made me think “fatherland” and that made me think of Nazis. “Homeland security” no longer raises hackles, but the word fatherland still holds negative connotations for me.
A country closely associated with the word motherland is Russia. In fairy tales, and in Russian literature before 1917, one often encounters the expression “Mother Russia.” After the Revolution, the Soviets preferred the expression Rossiya-Matushka, which I’m told translates as “Mother Motherland.”
WARNING: Read the readers’ comments before repeating any of the remarks about Russia. Actual Russian speakers disagree. –Maeve
As to a “rule” for the use of fatherland vs motherland, I think the choice would depend upon the connotation sought by the author in a particular context. Fatherland suggests government and order. Motherland connotes birth and nurturing.
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/motherland-or-fatherland/
Hey, Vlad— do you have a 5 ocean navy? No? Then tell me, how do you think you can threaten-— the world?
Red or ‘hammed ?
Taking all bets now with extra Sorrow....
“Hunt for Red October” Fred Thompson’s line as Admiral.
Well, considering:
1. the US military leadership in this country is based on politics,
2. that the CIC is Bath House,
3. that women are in Ranger training,
4. that the US military focuses on social engineering and transgender rights
5. that the US nuclear deterrence is obsolete, outdated and chopped to the bone
6. that US ROE are smothering our own troops
7. that lawyers are a key component of the US battlefield
who am I to argue with Putin.
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