Credit where it’s due: old Soviet tanks are tough old bastards.

Why? We started the whole mess by backing an Ukrainian mob over a properly elected government in order to try to get Ukraine into NATO. We were determined to have a pro-Western government and if the current government would not, we simply endorsed their overthrow. Only then did Russia see a danger to the naval base…

Second gen Montero’s are in fact better than first gen. More advanced 4x4 system, internal hubs, SR’s have rear locker. What the hell does “traditional 4WD system” mean? You do know that a 2nd and 3rd gen have 2H-4H-4L-and open center diff 4WD.

Not sure if that’s the best price, but these can be solid bases for an expedition-type build:

I’m surprised no one else has ripped you a new one. Endeavor was a trim level — the one that got you heated leather seats, better instrument panel, wood grain accents, and such. So stifle it on calling out folks stupidity — do a little research yourself.

The hole in your logic is that you assume that when one side or the other gets the upper hand the “civilian” tragedy will cease.

Quite astonishing how they weap for those “ragheads” when it ain’t Uncle Sam doing the killin’. Because if those were Uncles toys firing they would be pumping their fists asking for wp, napalm, agent orange or a nuke. Suddenly every jarhead gun nut on this site is a fuckin Mother Theresa. So pathetic

The Cold War started again when the Russians annihilated the Georgian Military in two weeks when the US and Israel were training and arming Georgia to be a Vietnam for the Russians.