It’s always the “trouble makers” the “rabble rousers” who mess up a nice propaganda ploy by the gov’t to gain Brownie points with the public. Go muckrakers. Theses days they are called “whistle blowers.”

Yeah maybe not totaly realistic… But hey! I’m a Finn what do I care as long as the Soviets (and possibly the swedes) get their asses kicked?

I was guessing that, he won the genetic lottery.

Well, the Nazis couldn’t be the only ones who killed many people in their attempt to create super powered soldiers.

As usual, I’m not going to reveal any details at the moment, but you’re on the right track!

Our premise is that the Soviets simply got bogged down in Stalingrad and Irkutsk, expending so many troops and resources that they just couldn’t fight any more. Granted, this explanation may not be completely realistic, but it’s hard to say for sure what would happen if a fantasy element like super-soldiers had been introduced in the real war.

Yep. Chuck Randall has obviously given General Hightower trouble in the past, and chances are he’ll show up again.

No kidding! Nothing spoils a softball press junket like a hard question!

Yeah, “it didn’t take” is the kind of figure of speech that doesn’t translate well to other languages. As msmischief said, it basically just means the treatments didn’t have the desired effect.

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