protect itself from whom? the US, france, britain? come now....they created the Warsaw pact to put their influence directly on the ground and to suborn any democratic leanings, fair votes ala Poland etc........

heres a 6 minute video snippet here of Kasparov explaining his position...doesn't sound fascist to me...


Wall Street Journal Video - WSJ.com

you have to sit through the 20 second commercial...

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