This political instability of the Communist empire has cancelled to a large extent the fighting capacity of the Red Army and rendered the Soviets impotent to wage a major war. Russia has failed to digest her conquests. and the Russian soldier fights only when he has no alternative but to be shot down by his political officer. That is why the Kremlin had to move in "less educated" Asiatic troops into Hungary to suppress the revolution. troops "who were unaware of the aspirations. and sometimes even the identity. of their enemies." "During the first intervention. the Soviet Army had shown a certain hesitation and uneasiness and some of its units had not concealed their sympathy for the rebels." Mutinies and defections were reported. (Quotations are from the report of the U. N. Special Committee on the Problems of Hungary. par. 744.) When the Soviet Union will be capable of eliminating. by surprise strategy.
Identified stereotypes
Asiatic troops are described as 'less educated' and 'unaware of the aspirations' of their enemies.