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   "Russia’s primary focus is building a military capable of standing up to and   
   defeating the combined forces of the West. Russia’s effort involves the   
   creation of new units, equipped with modern equipment and sustained by the   
   output of the Russian    
   defense industry.   
      
   The West, meanwhile, struggles to transform a military that exists largely on   
   paper or in the imagination of its leaders, into something capable of taking   
   the field in a large-scale ground war in Europe."   
   ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)