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Originally posted by DJ Shibby Look man... you can create this "you vs us" mentality all you want. I don't apply to it, and I don't endorse, not even for a second. What's corrupt is corrupt... and the fact is, that is often the government, western, russian, anywhere.

Ok, you understand then. And you dont apply double standards in this case, so thats all that matters. I cant stand it when people criticize Russian government while their own one has problems or has had problems not any smaller than the Russian one. Its not a good idea to create a boogeyman out of Russia when they can be such a great ally and partner with all the riches and possibilities. We extend a hand of friendship and co-operation, but we're sick and tired of putting bandages on it, and we're thinking about pulling it back ...

One thing I really dont understand is why they keep spitting at Russia. They really want us to turn to China and Asia? Because we can, and we are doing it. But by treating Russia like a piece of shit they shouldn't expect us Russians to be happy with them and give them resources, co-operation and etc. We didnt start this horseshit. And we certainly dont want it continue on. They want us more than we want them. Russia has been a closed culture for many generations. Recently we have opened up, but what has that gotten us?

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Originally posted by Capitalizt Can someone explain why those dumbasses would use polonium to kill him? Isn't it obvious that super expensive shizzle like that would be traced back to a government? Why not use a .05 bullet and make it look like a robbery? Putin is a silly goose.

It's almost like how the Anthrax spores which were mailed to Senators Daschle and Leahy were of the Ames strain, a strain which originated at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease at Ft. Detrick.

Both men were highly vocal opponents of the Patriot Act which was being pushed on Congress at the time.

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On the 9th of May 2002, New Scientist published an article [41] that reported: The DNA sequence of the anthrax sent through the US mail in 2001 has been revealed and confirms suspicions that the bacteria originally came from a US military laboratory. The data released uses codenames for the reference strains against which the attack strain was compared. The two reference strains that appear identical to the attack strain most likely originated at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick (USAMRIID), Maryland. The new work also shows that substantial genetic differences can emerge in two samples of an anthrax culture separated for only three years. This means the attacker's anthrax was not separated from its ancestors at USAMRIID for many generations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks