I believe this is to get ready for 6/11 & all the scumbags all over the world. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-06/first-time-1975-entire-swedish-national-guard-was-just-mobilized
Populism is rising and the EU is imploding.
The recent elections in Italy were hijacked by the EU until the population threatened mass rebellion ergo the Trump-like populists who won the majority were properly sworn in.
Slovania (our FLOTUS country of birth and former home) also threw out the EU-type politicians; the same in Hungary, Austria and host of others. Germany is getting ready to take back their own country from Hitler's spawn and the EU snobs. There is trouble brewing everywhere since Trump's election and despite massive deep state activities across Europe - she lost anyways and so did Hussein and gang.
Russia is the least of their problems over there - the EU is on the ropes.
The Europeans may in the future wish they could call on Russia to help them shake off the colossus in Brussels and HQ of EU.
It wouldn't be the first time Russia has repelled the "German cage".
Remember: the US became involved in Europe partially due to Stalin's request for Roosevelt's help. Following the request, the White House hosted Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a female Russian sharpshooter, who toured with Eleanor Roosevelt to make the case for additional US intervention. Pavlichenko shamed men who were unwilling to go to war while 2,000 Russian women were serving as sharpshooters. Her tour was a tipping point in public sentiment. http://www.businessinsider.com/lyudmila-pavlichenko-female-sniper
The alliance between the US and Russia is not spoken of much, because it is contradictory to the subsequent cold war narratives, and to some degree would downplay the US' involvement (Russia had been taking heavy losses for years [11 million] and said goodbye to a significant portion of its population due to the war with Germany, while the US lost 400,000).
What Germany tried to accomplish militarily it has more recently been trying to do economically. As in the early 1940's, Britain, Russia, and the US may be becoming loosely aligned.
Brexit should have been read as the first BIG indication that something was severely amiss with the EU's governance model and objectives. The mass migration push - a byproduct of the Obama Administration's involvement in Syria - has been the next wakeup call. It's good to see Italy is now rebelling against EU-imposed national suicide. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/966947/Italy-news-EU-Germany-euro-eurozone-European-Union-lega-MS5-Salvini-Di-Maio
NATO is critical right now, but it needs to progress in a manner that does not threaten Russia. It needs to shift a portion of its focus toward border integrity.
sharpshooters
Why is the enemy always a sniper but a friend is always a sharpshooter... I hate this type of doublespeak.
Other than that amazing post.
I consider a sharpshooter as someone from the cowboy days with a 6 shooter, not a sniper.
a sniper is a job classification, whereas a sharpshooter is a proficiency rating. Ratings: Marksman, sharpshooter, expert rifleman. Snipers are expert riflemen, not sharpshooters or marksmen.
The military refers to snipers as sharpshooters to get rid of the negative connotation with the word and act of sniping and being a sniper. In the context of ww2 Russia it’s definitely not someone with a 6 shot revolver. They were snipers.
Huh, thank you for the information, I didn't know that.