'Army' is hardly a long word. I'm sorry if I confused anyone by using it. 
It hardly matters though.
I can't speak for OAO, but I don't think it takes as much time as you imply to post a long post, and if you don't want to, then don't say you will.  :/ 
My original point was: The Ex soviet union is worse now than a decade and a half ago. The point of change was the counter-revolution.  Regardless of who was in charge, regardless of what 'political system' was supressing the people, and regardless of the backwardsness - Russia is worse now, and it would have been better had it not 'changed'. We can agree to this, right? 
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				Long posts with large words that don't actually fit the context aren't my modus operandi. 
			
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 Modus operandi 
is a big word. 
