Pictorial Interlude – Victory Day preparations in Moscow

by | May 3, 2011 | Pictorial Interlude, Wasp likes these, Well I never. | 2 comments

From Pravda, overnight practice for the May 9th Victory Day parade in Moscow makes for some impressive photos :

It brings to mind the tales of my Estonian friends as they recall the surreal scenes from the early 1990’s when Russian tanks rolled into Tallinn during the fall of the Soviet Empire.

2 Comments

  1. Furor Teutonicus

    Good to see that at least ONE country in the Western hemesphere has not fallen to the damn hippy “Hate the army, hate guns, hate to think ANY one would EVER defend ME” peacenick wankers creed.

    • Wasp

      FT – Indeed and at this rate there will be just that one country in any position to do anything when the shit hits the fan as always seems to happen eventually in the history of mankind.

      I laughed like a loon over “peacenick wankers creed” – priceless 🙂