A Right-Wing Militia Trains Russians To Fight The Next War

[recon]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...=.58cb997f0546

[l921428x]

So what are your thoughts on this? I'm good with it and believe we should do the same.

[recon]

I agree. Just find it interesting there are people like that over there. Seeing that Putin has his people in line most of the time. It's good to see.

[l921428x]

Well I read they were legally owned so Vlad doesn't have a problem with it or they would be in line.

[Justin]

Putin is probably leaving them alone, with the hopes that some of these guys will join the rebels in Eastern Ukraine. It also gives the Russian government plausible deniability when they say Russian "volunteers," are joining the rebels in Eastern Ukraine, and that they're not actually Russian soldiers.

[O.S.O.K.]

We do have militia doing this kind of stuff... but I'm pretty sure they're including political ideology as well lol.

And then there are all kinds of shooting skills courses from civilian self defense to paramilitary training.

Further, 29 states have State Guard units which of course conduct military training.

And the Boy Scouts - they aren't shooting AR's, but they teach field craft, land navigation, survival skills, rappelling, shooting and most importantly, leadership. They really are a para-military org.

So, while that is apparently an anomaly in Russia, it's business as usual over here.