Oh... Hmmm... I thought you were actually talking /directly/ to me. My
bad. Sorry.
Russia is a big country and as such it participated in great many wars.
The culture of Motherland and defense thereof is very strong in Russia
or at least so it was when I was being brought up. To the outsider
indeed Russian people may come across as paranoid, but in fact they are
not, as you probably observed yourself during your visit.
It is unfortunately true, that the chasm between two great countries on
this plant is still very deep.
/sigh/
Boris
On 1/5/2011 5:04 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Sorry Boris. I did not make that comment for your benefit, or to
correct you. It was something I didn't realize until we visited
Russia several years ago, and I think it is an important insight into
the deep significance that WW II has for Russians.
Many of us Americans view the Russians as paranoid, mostly because we
fail to recognize the many times that Russia has been invaded from
Western Europe (not to ignore the more successful and longer-lasting
invasion from the East).
Dan
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