Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
Yes.
I followed that up by saying we should support all anti-tyrannical movements. Given the rise of ISIS off the back of the Syrian Civil War I feel somewhat vindicated.

That still doesn't make anything inevitable, maybe I'd rather become a Russian than plop out of life in a nuclear explosion.
I'm sure that not subscribing to "better dead than red" makes me a horrible person, but we're not even close to such an option yet.
If push came to shove and you had to see your children grow up in a copy of Communist Russia, or WORSE Communist Romania, you would probably fight. It's not like we went off to World War II laughing - we spent years trying not to fight Germany, but once we recognised it was impossible to avoid without giving up on all our principles we fought your country to the (very) bitter end.

Don't you think he is going a bit slow if he wants to reach Paris during his lifetime?
He only has to get to Bucharest - that's why those countries wanted to join NATO, because Russians elect men like Putin.