re: #403 Ian G.

Remember, kids, “KGB officer” (in occupied East Germany) is now a good thing to have on your resume, according to the wingnuts. I hesitate to go overboard on the whole “Reagan would be unwelcome in today’s GOP” thing, but this one must have the Gipper spinning in his grave.

They blithely ignore the Godless Communist aspects of it (after all, Putin is now a churchgoing capitalist) and see it in terms of order, discipline and respect for authoritye.