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Putin Takes A Dive Into Lake Hitler

Tags: Putin, The Nashi, Russia, Esstonia, Hitler, Brown Shirts, Fascism

Heres a delightful image. What if the United States had 120,000 male teenage Ann Coulters running around? Sounds like the ultimate nightmare, doesnt it? That is what seems to be happening in Russia. They are known as Nashi and they speak the same extremist language as Coulter. They fanatically support Putin, call the political opposition traitors and fascists and demonize foreign powers. The only difference between Coulter and the Nashi, is that the Nashi have no problem with using physical force to make their point.

The Nashi arent the only group. There are also the Young Guard and Walking Together. The one thing these groups have in common is their fanatical devotion to Putin, much like the Sturmabteilungs fanatical devotion to Hitler.

They are highly disciplined and sponsored by the Kremlin. They must receive basic military training before they can become members. The Nashi also have a volunteer police force, who patrol and if necessary beat hooligans." These young militants form what is essentially a private army, devoted to one man: Putin.

Meanwhile, Putin is stoking the fires of anti-Americanism. At a recent military parade, Putin made comments about new threats to the world as during the time of the Third Reich. Pretty much the same kind of talk Adolph was spewing out during his rise to power. And the crowd at the Independence Day parade soaked it up. Mostly because the only people allowed into Red Square that day were members of the youth groups. The kids are catching on to Putins message.

"It is time to put an end to America being the strongest and most influential empire. We won't let America make Russia another one of its colonies."

Super and totally not creepy.

The Nashi claim they are fighting against fascism. (Exactly the same claim made in the early days of the Nazi party and by Benito Mussolinis Blackshirts.) Unfortunately, fascists seem to only be defined as people who criticize Putin.

Meanwhile, the kids are doing some really quality work in Russia.

With parliamentary and presidential elections coming up, Nashi and its sibling movements have an obvious targetanyone who presumes to challenge Putin and his ruling clique for power. Who might they be? Nashi recently issued a leaflet identifying them. This "Gallery of Traitors," appearing in print and online, featured twisted portraits of such opposition leaders as former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and radical writer Eduard Limonov. They were declared enemies of the people, scheming to subvert their nation and turn it over to foreign spies and conspirators. Among them, too, are exiled Yeltsin-era oligarch Boris Berezovsky and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former billionaire brought down after he began funding opposition to Putin in 2004.

And the Young Guards are doing their thing. They have staged training sessions in how to handle an Orange Revolution. At the end of one training session, the Young Guards grabbed baseball bats and smashed up a mock Orange tent camp. That might discourage any future protestors a bit.

The Nashi are also using technology in ways the Nazis could have only dreamed of. They pass out brochures and SIM cards in Moscow. The SIM cards allow users to text the Kremlin, where Nashi volunteers are waiting to receive the word of whatever horrible event is occurring on the streets and respond. If any Orange revolution activity is seen, the Nashi will send out texts to their foot soldiers to respond. (Might be a really great use for the new iphones, by the way)

The Nashi are also taking their message to outlying village schools, to teach the young minds about the truth.

"Putin is a lonely wolf surrounded by rats," says Panchenko to the schoolchildren. "Russia has become too corruptit is time to change things, time for stronger leaders, like us."

You cant really argue with that description of Putin. Poor, little, lonely wolf. Its really quite scary if you think about all the rats. The Kremlin has given $220 million to help fund these little fascists. And they get some sweet perks.

Members enjoy free admission to various schools of management, where they study government, business administration or public relations. They go on to allocated internships in top state enterprises such as Gazprom, Rosneft, state-owned television stations and even the Kremlin.

The Nashi are now paying off in spades. In May, Estonia removed a statue of a WWII Soviet soldier in Tallin. The small country suddenly found itself overwhelmed by a cyber attack. Servers went down and NATO Internet security experts were brought in to combat the assault. Russian sponsored protests in Estonia left 1 dead and 99 injured. In Moscow, Estonias ambassador was attacked by the Nashi and were only stopped when the ambassadors bodyguards sprayed them with mace. The ambassador and his staff were forced to flee the country. Nashi barriers shut down the highway from Moscow to Estonia. They created a large sign that read, You are driving toward fascist Estonia. This all happened because Estonia took down a statue. What if the small country had actually really done something negative toward Moscow. What would the reaction been then?

The world is, understandably, a little freaked out.

"Everyone is frankly scared of the way which Russia is going, but no one knows what to do about it," says one European diplomat in Moscow, not authorized to speak on the record.

Well, what can you do? This shit is off and running. Its 1933 Germany all over again.

And you thought Bush was bad news.

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Comments

abracadabra

Seattle, WA

April 2004

JUL 08, 2007 03:17 PM

When are humans going to realize that any form of government does not work ?..I guess we are just going to destroy ourselves over money , power , land , and religion ...Instead of peacefully coexisting and evolving into a species that takes care of its own and makes earth a better place...War is the answer huh ?..Just nuke each other and get it over with , why beat around the bush (pun intended) ?

Trahern

United Kingdom

March 2003

JUL 08, 2007 03:21 PM

So much for Russia being our friends now.

I wonder how many of Russia's 'peons' are paying attention to what the people in these kinds of groups are saying.

Arielle

SUICIDEGIRL

Antarctica

JUL 08, 2007 04:07 PM

Vestril said:

herbancowboy said:

Vestril said:
please feel free to continue to pedantize.

By "short and snarky" you mean reductive and dualistic, right?

Wow, reductive pretty well describes your arguments thus far, including this post which is essentially a troll. I guess I should be flattered that I touched a nerve.

Still though, I feel like this warrants a response. You accuse me of being reductive and dualistic, so let's examine that ironically narrow perspective. The initial quote states that the United States should no longer be the most powerful or influential nation--power and influence are created largely from economy. For that goal to be met, America's economic power base has to be reduced (technically it has to be reduced relative to other nations in the world, it doesn't necessarily have to literally shrink). If we assume that Canada's economy is strongly tied to America's, which might actually be totally wrong, then a reduction of America's economy could hurt Canada's. Cheerleading that, as you termed it, seems shortsighted. If I wrote "damn yous for saying america cant be a bully anymore witch will case it to ASPLODE" somewhere, feel free to quote it.

As near as I can tell you read my post, you wanted to take a stand on people who think in black and white terms, and then you tried to tack the two things together. Believe it or not it's possible to write a simple response without being a simplistic person--the world and the people in it are considerably more complicated than you seem to think. *pat*

Canada's and United States' economies are somehow dependant one on the other. Although, we've seen the US dollar losing some value toward the canadian one.Although a reduction in US economy could badly effect Canada, it could also have a positive effect. It's a really touchy game.

Charybdus said:

Darke said:

aldoushuxley said:
It's about time for another world war to happen, honestly though I think the US has its plate full as it is. I think the US should let NATO take care of this one by itself, then see how much those fucks need us when their bogged down in war and squealing like the pigs they are.

You ever hear "If war is the answer, it was a stupid question?"

Honestly, war is the utter nadir of human thought. I'd like to simply think that since you're a young soldier, that you've been trained to blow things up and so blowing things up looks like a good solution to you a lot of the time. But I know a LOT of good soldiers who know a lot more about blowing shit up than you do, and not ONE of them wants to blow shit up . They do it when they're told to, but they're not really happy about it, because they know that somewhere along the line, someone they're blowing up has people that will mourn their journey to the land of Smithereens. I do hope along the line of your service, you learn the difference between duty and sociopathic enthusiasm.

And when did you risk life and limb for the right to be an nimrod like yourself? What was that, "never?" You KNOW a lot of soldiers? Good for ya, bro! Why don't you try putting YOUR balls on the line rather than invoking your ficticous friends. THERE ARE THINGS WORTH FIGHTING FOR -- YOU LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY BECAUSE MEN AND WOMEN RISKED THEIR LIVES MAKING IT SO. 'NUFF SAID.

I actually don't think that enough things were said, cause if it was the case, a solution would have been found.

I agree that there are a lot of things worth to fight for.
BUT, fighting doesn't equal violence. I don't think freedom can be gained by taking someone else's freedom. I don't think either that violence is needed to get freedom.
And if you think so, you're probably not free.

Darke

Columbia, MO

June 2005

JUL 08, 2007 04:34 PM

Charybdus said:

Darke said:
You ever hear "If war is the answer, it was a stupid question?"

Honestly, war is the utter nadir of human thought. I'd like to simply think that since you're a young soldier, that you've been trained to blow things up and so blowing things up looks like a good solution to you a lot of the time. But I know a LOT of good soldiers who know a lot more about blowing shit up than you do, and not ONE of them wants to blow shit up . They do it when they're told to, but they're not really happy about it, because they know that somewhere along the line, someone they're blowing up has people that will mourn their journey to the land of Smithereens. I do hope along the line of your service, you learn the difference between duty and sociopathic enthusiasm.

Did you even comprehend what was written here, or did you just pick the talking points for you to have your little tantrum? Yes, I know a lot of soldiers, including some of my best friends, my grandfather, several uncles and cousins. And though all of them have done the duties assigned to them, including every major war and conflict since WWII through the current invasion in Iraq, in good spirits and to the letter of their duty to the US, not one of them has ever uttered the phrase "looks like it's time for a war." War has at times been inevitable, at times necessary, and at times completely ill-advised, and every time the Armed Forces has responded as is their duty, and rightly so, that's what enlisted people are trained to do and they do it well. Well and thankful for that. I just wish a nation as powerful as ours respected human lives more than monetary gain.

And you're simply foolish and wrong. There is nothing worth fighting for... There is, however, a hell of a lot worth defending, and that makes all the difference in the world.

aldoushuxley

USA

November 2005

JUL 08, 2007 05:52 PM

Darke said:

Oh jesus shit eating christ did you actually read what I wrote, obviously not or you would be saying, wow some one actually thinks the US should not get involved in foreign matters that might lead to another war. No you saw the fucking uniform I wear and said, soldier+young= violent sociopath. Stop watching your crappy 28 days later and pull your head out of your ass, one fucking war is enough, I think I made that clear in my response. I think the UN should take care of this, again I repeat this, did you get it this time, the US should stay out of this, our relationship with Russia is already strained. Sigh, liberal+assumption= dumb ass.

Waynbo

San Jose, CA

February 2007

JUL 08, 2007 06:00 PM

Can we hand out copies of "Animal Farm" to them?

Vestril

Coronado, CA

February 2003

JUL 08, 2007 06:27 PM

aldoushuxley said:

Darke said:

I'm going to go ahead and admit that I'm a dumbass. That out of the way, what the fuck was your point? I'm literally to stupid to tell, it seems like you want NATO to start World War 3? Or now the UN, so I guess you want Ban Ki-moon to be the new Hitler, only we come in and save his ass this time? I'm so confused. Who can the UN even fight at this point? I don't know, I feel like I'm hanging out with my friends, who are stoned, and we're discussing how cool it would be if Godzilla fought Batman.

aldoushuxley

USA

November 2005

JUL 08, 2007 06:45 PM

No, I feel that the UN is the only one who can diplomatically resolve something like this, we as a nation have shown that we are diplomatically impaired in every thing we have done lately. We are bound to have another world war though and the posturing done by Russia is an indicator who might take part in it, the U.S's "great" foreign policy really doesn't help either. I hope that Russia does not become an expansionist based government again, I mean shit that would be nearly forty years of progress down the tube. On top of that, we can't afford another war, yes it would be the perfect time to topple us as the one super power, but honestly at least I have a reasonable chance of living in the Iraqi war. If we go to war with Russia, I can kiss my and my friends asses good bye, yes I know I get paid to die if thats what happens, but that doesn't mean I want to. That is why I think the UN should take care of this one, and leave Dubyah and Cheney on the sidelines. Does this make any more sense.