I've been kind of snooping around the periphery of this whole hippie/military controversy... I guess that I can respect the fact that this is your site, and you can pretty well do or say what you want... I respect the whole military, orange motif and everything, too, being as you were in the service and all.
I guess that I just wanted to throw out a teensie word of caution to you...
Just remember that the Kossacks are an all volunteer corps on the front lines, made up of all walks of life and persuasions, that don't necessarily look to you for leadership, believe it or not... Mainly, I guess, just be careful about cracking on Hippies...
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