Both Russia and Iran know what it takes to forge the greatest soldier – something the Americans know little of, having never been on the receiving end of a ruthless, annihilating invasion.

General Alexander Lebed speaks about what kind of people make the greatest soldiers.

This video is from 1995. Translation by Putinger’s Cat

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The greatest soldiers are made from people who hadn’t even thought about war going out one morning, and, then, returning in the evening, found craters instead of their houses, in which the wives, children and parents had evaporated. And now this is no longer a man, but a wolf, who will tear as long as he lives. And he will live long because he does not value his own life – he does not need it. He does not need money. He does not need medals. He does not need anything at all. He has only one thing: revenge. That is precisely why he will live long.