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32. Strange, I never heard of the "special conscription practices" involving residents of the Baltics.

Reply to LiberalEsto (Reply #26)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 06:09 PM

Mar 2014

And I was in a position to know if this had occurred.

Makes an exciting story...... even if it didn't happen.

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Russia Is Preparing to Invade East Ukraine, Estonia Says [View all] okaawhatever Mar 2014 OP

Can anyone say iron curtain? William769 Mar 2014 #1

Georgia is hardly a good example. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #2

Estonia loves NATO. And American money. rdharma Mar 2014 #3

As an Estonian-American, I can say that Estonia desperately needs NATO's protection, LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #5

Fair enough. rdharma Mar 2014 #8

Actually Poland is also extremely concerned, from what I've read on BBC LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #12

Poland's "fears" are completely unfounded. rdharma Mar 2014 #16

Why, because you and rt.com said so? geek tragedy Mar 2014 #18

No. Because I am intimately familiar with the situation in Poland. rdharma Mar 2014 #19

this gives you psychic insight into Moscow's plans? nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #20

Vs. your "insight" into the situation? rdharma Mar 2014 #27

I am not the one who has been exposed as a historical revisionist seeking geek tragedy Mar 2014 #53

Huh? rdharma Mar 2014 #55

you claimed that liberalEsto's account of conscriptions of estonians geek tragedy Mar 2014 #56

No. That has nothing to do with conscription practices. rdharma Mar 2014 #58

I think I will trust the person who was there rather than geek tragedy Mar 2014 #61

Ukrainian fears were unfounded a month ago. You're a Putin apologist uhnope Mar 2014 #22

No. Not aplogizing for Putin's actions. rdharma Mar 2014 #29

Putin is a dictator who has crushed Russian democracy and is now invading a sovereign country. uhnope Mar 2014 #31

Are you a Tea Party member..... or a Republican? rdharma Mar 2014 #33

We don't kid ourselves about the tea party around here. They would do everything Putin is doing okaawhatever Mar 2014 #36

And we would all be forced to answer leading questions....... rdharma Mar 2014 #39

With 446 posts and that attitude... Scootaloo Mar 2014 #80

Easy, I'm absolutely neither. But you won't denounce a dictator, an invasion, or stick up for uhnope Mar 2014 #94

You are an apologist for the former Soviet Union, as witnessed by your unethical behavior geek tragedy Mar 2014 #47

No. The claim was that people from the Baltics were specifically conscripted to work at Chernobyl. rdharma Mar 2014 #83

And I provided a contemporaneous account backing that claim up and directly geek tragedy Mar 2014 #87

Of course you are. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #86

Thanks for reposting that ........ I stand by it! nt rdharma Mar 2014 #91

So you admit you lied when you said you weren't apologizing for Putin. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #93

Because Russia AnalystInParadise Mar 2014 #104

And Latvia and Lithuania. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #17

NATO is the only thing keeping Russian tanks out of Ida-Varu. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #6

You can't get that "Cold War thinking" out of your head...... can you? rdharma Mar 2014 #9

Point being that NATO is providing Estonians a lot of comfort geek tragedy Mar 2014 #11

Yup! You're still living in the "duck and cover" era. rdharma Mar 2014 #13

No. As an American, I have nothing to fear from Russia. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #14

Your criticism is, in my view, unwarranted. LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #26

Strange, I never heard of the "special conscription practices" involving residents of the Baltics. rdharma Mar 2014 #32

This happened to my own first cousin. LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #34

I base it on my job at the time. rdharma Mar 2014 #37

I answered your question in my previous post. LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #40

I'm not trying to be rude. rdharma Mar 2014 #42

Why? did the cleanup with the USSR's conscipts last that long in full force? geek tragedy Mar 2014 #44

He is telling the truth and you are the one who is LYING to cover for the Soviet Unions' abuses geek tragedy Mar 2014 #45

THANK YOU!!!!! LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #50

It's really bad form to accuse someone of lying and then lie yourself. It's really dumb geek tragedy Mar 2014 #52

Hid in the woods 1986 until independence. rdharma Mar 2014 #57

your behavior of spreading falsehoods while claiming that the poster who is telling geek tragedy Mar 2014 #59

There were not Soviet special conscriptions from the Baltics to be employed at Chernobyl. rdharma Mar 2014 #65

repeating the falsehood doesn't make it true. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #67

So stop repeating. rdharma Mar 2014 #71

From your (Radio Free Europe!) source: Ghost Dog Mar 2014 #90

they are denying that people in the Baltics were drafted specifically for Chernobyl. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #95

I might have read one of your articles. OilemFirchen Mar 2014 #101

Now you are putting words in my mouth LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #64

Then he continued to stay under the radar until independence. rdharma Mar 2014 #68

You are trolling, trolling trolling by suggesting that person is not telling the truth. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #77

What truth or falsehoods are you talking about? rdharma Mar 2014 #81

And no one here believes you, comrade. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #82

All "credibility" was lost on me with that "targeted conscription" claim. rdharma Mar 2014 #84

You CLAIM it didn't happen. You have given no one any reason to believe geek tragedy Mar 2014 #85

I was in a position to know if that could have been used for political advantage against the USSR.. rdharma Mar 2014 #88

What, you're claiming that your work in formulating propaganda on behalf geek tragedy Mar 2014 #89

Very tiring ......"cold war" fools who don't know what they're talking about. nt rdharma Mar 2014 #97

Was that position in the Red Army or the Party, comrade? geek tragedy Mar 2014 #43

Oh, yes they do! You still fighting the lost war in Vietnam? rdharma Mar 2014 #60

you claim to be an expert in conscriptions in Estonia in 1986. What job did you have geek tragedy Mar 2014 #62

No. I didn't claim to be an expert on conscriptions in Estonia in 1986. rdharma Mar 2014 #72

then how pray tell could you possibly know whether an account from Estonia is geek tragedy Mar 2014 #74

Estonia was part of the Soviet Union at the time. rdharma Mar 2014 #76

So you were an agent/employee of the Soviet Union at the time this was happening? geek tragedy Mar 2014 #79

What was your job at the time? Did you have to clean-up? Just curious. There appear okaawhatever Mar 2014 #49

Sure he had to clean up. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #54

rofl. Tell me how you really feel. nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #66

Would you recommend that I polish them with one or your Tea Bags? nt rdharma Mar 2014 #73

Sorry, I'm a liberal Democrat. And liberal Democrats geek tragedy Mar 2014 #75

You should apologize for your sleazy behavior in this thread. That person is telling the truth, geek tragedy Mar 2014 #46

Two little things, g.t. LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #69

Ah, of course, confused you for a Spanish pronoun. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #70

Putin himself has said he wanted to remake the USSR, why do you not believe him? 7962 Mar 2014 #113

Yes, it does. Igel Mar 2014 #15

Some Estonians consider themselves indigenous peoples LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #30

A Russian self fulfilling prophesy..... blackspade Mar 2014 #4

You think the Russians are behind the neo-fascists in the Euromaidan? rdharma Mar 2014 #10

Probably not in the Euromaidan blackspade Mar 2014 #23

No logical endgame for US (western capitalist) caused instability using fascist thugs? Really? rdharma Mar 2014 #25

Lay it out for me then. blackspade Mar 2014 #28

I don't care to "educate" you. rdharma Mar 2014 #98

And why not? blackspade Mar 2014 #99

When you talk about non-existent stuff...... I quickly lose interest. nt rdharma Mar 2014 #100

But we are not talking about my 'nonexistent stuff' blackspade Mar 2014 #103

Because apparently Chile or something Nixon did...wait, THE CIA!!!! EX500rider Mar 2014 #108

The CIA and our corporate masters have done and continue to do.... blackspade Mar 2014 #109

You've got it. IF theres no evidence, then the CIA hid it or altered it, therefore causing it 7962 Mar 2014 #114

This message was self-deleted by its author uhnope Mar 2014 #96

You don't think a dictator named Putin leading a giant dictatorship is behind an invasion of Crimea? uhnope Mar 2014 #24

Rec #5 Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #7

Kick. n/t Tx4obama Mar 2014 #21

Dneiper = Rubicon africanadian Mar 2014 #35

He could take it....but wont. Xolodno Mar 2014 #41

If they were... Xolodno Mar 2014 #38

As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I am Estonian-American, with relatives in Estonia LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #48

"Russia needs Crimea for the same reason the Russian Empire needed it. A warm water port.." no EX500rider Mar 2014 #63

It's silly to think Russia *needs* Crimea. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #92

This is very important. k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Mar 2014 #51

Estonia spies? treestar Mar 2014 #78

Not our problem marshall Mar 2014 #102

I have a feeling that this will happen after the Crimea vote davidpdx Mar 2014 #105

I like the old guy. Your head is for thinking, not just carrying our brain around. nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #106

I like the ominous music sarting at 04:30 did you notice that? rdharma Mar 2014 #107

You do realize the music is playing in the background of the Ukrainian protesters too, right? blackspade Mar 2014 #112

Oh yeah, its Fox News that caused the invasion! nt 7962 Mar 2014 #115

Wow, ignorance must be bliss davidpdx Mar 2014 #116

The old Soviet officer was right on. blackspade Mar 2014 #110

Poor Putin.. Nasty West. Cha Mar 2014 #111