The Russian seizure of
Ukrainian ships needs to be understood.
It could be anything from ignorance to malice.
I have had a number of
friends who have emigrated from Russia.
I worked with Dr. Kick Deguberev at Washington University Medical School
in 1971. Nick was from Kiev and fought in the Russian cavalry in World War II
on horseback. Nick went on to get a PhD
in Russia and was doing medical research in St. Louis Mo. Nick was a tough old
bird and was an enormous help to me. Years later, I learned a lot more about
Russia’s role in winning World War II.
I have a friend in
Cobb County who emigrated from Moscow and owns a manufacturing company in
Atlanta Metro. He told me how similar our US media was to the Russian media.
They both use the same phrases when reporting the news. He has produced a number of YouTube videos
demonstrating the use of these phrases on dozens of US TV news reports and it’s
hilarious. He reports that the Russian media is tightly controlled by the
Russian government. They see the same lack of free press in the US, because it
is controlled by the liberal media corporations.
My daughter and her
family took in a teenage girl who had emigrated from Russia and she lived with
them for several years. She was very cautious and suspicious from her
experience in Russia and her time living with my daughter’s family and 3
younger boys was an important experience for her. She has since married and still stays in
touch with my daughter’s family.
I also have a number
of friends who have emigrated from former Soviet Union countries to the US.
My friend from
Uzbekistan says that Russians are suffering from depression fueled by
alcoholism and drug addiction. He reports massive corruption at the local level
with Police demanding extortion payments from family businesses. He immigrated
to the US because the business climate changed to poor with an election of the
wrong leaders.
He believes that
Russia should get credit for removing the Nazi Army from Russia in World War II
and I agree. He believes that Russians
are “fighters” that will throw rocks and sticks when they run out of bullets.
Having viewed the documentaries on World War II, I am impressed with the coordination
of the Russian advance with the Normandy landing. But I believe that allowing
the USSR to take over Eastern Europe was the big mistake that caused the Cold
War of 1945 to 1989.
I would like to see an
increase in the private sector in Russia, particularly in agriculture, mining
and forestry. With half of their land mass in permafrost, all that’s left to do
is mine minerals. There is no reason why
Russia cannot manufacture goods for their own needs.
Russian history
supports the narrative that Russians are tough fighters that don’t tolerate
invasion or oppression. Unfortunately, the Russian government appears to be
paranoid and aggressive.
Russia is essentially
a culturally European country that was isolated from 1917 to 1989. Russians
came from Scandinavia and fought off the Mongols and Chinese and established
their territory to become the largest country on the planet. They were ruled by the Monarchy until 1918.
Russians suffered their own expansion, the invasion of Napoleon, World War I,
the Bolshevik Revolution and the establishment of Communism.
Their economy is
currently based on oil and gas exports and they need to make their 6.6 million
square mile land mass more productive and expand their private sector economy.
During the Communist regime Russians often said: “They pretend to pay us, so we
pretend to work”. Private ownership is the key to higher productivity. All
governments would be wise to privatize everything.
Russia appears to have
escaped the global warming hoax and remains a sovereign country, which is more
than I can say for Europe. Besides our Western Civilization past, I believe
Russia opposes global governance under the UN as outlined in UN Agenda 21. They
know that all economies are national and the UN cannot be trusted. They have
reinstated the Catholic Russian Orthodox Church and should be moving to expand
their private sector economy.
I have a friend from
church who early-retired from IBM and married a woman from Romania. He moved to Romania and worked with their
education system. They visited Atlanta each year and we saw them on these
visits. They had 4 children we were able to see grow up. They moved to Atlanta
for a year, but moved back to Romania because their schools were better.
Romania’s economy remains abysmal.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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