than their Western counterparts. They went through the same kind of grueling selection process, indoctrination, and supplement programs as did eastern European weightlifting teams. In effect, a genetically-engineered superrace of squirrels is on the loose in the former Soviet Republics. It's a menace that we can ignore no longer.
We need to somehow infiltrate, perhaps recruit the likes of Chip and Dale, or even Alvin, to penetrate their ranks and report to us on their organization and disposition. The facts we know are few.
We know that they possess formidable defensive and offensive capabilities.
![](http://www.randomperspective.com/images/thumbs/squirrelarmy.jpg)
They train exhaustively in unarmed combat, too
![](http://www.d4nz.net/images/news/squirrels.jpg)
Political indoctrination is every bit as important a component in their training as are combat skills
![](http://www.12thharmonic.com/3_0/images/gailblog/squirrel%20copy.jpg)
Their navy is small but increasngly effective
![](http://afamilyaffair.org/images/picotheday/squirrelgunner.jpg)
They also have élite airborne corps
![](http://www.eco-action.org/defend/gifs/squirrel.jpeg)
Sometimes these special-ops types call in artillery support from rear areas
![](http://theperiscope.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/squirrel_dc.jpg)
Women are an integral part of their military, at all levels
![](http://www.greysquirrel.net/pics/recruits1.jpg)
Their treatment of POWs, on the rare occasion they take them, is deplorable
![](http://www.yosemitefun.com/tarheel/images/bob_squirrel.jpg)
Their one key weaknes may be their very leader. Like all halfway-successful autocrats, he has a predeliction for dressing up in ill-fitting flight suits and playing dress-up soldier for photo-ops. We may be able to exploit his vanity...
![](http://www.sugarbushsquirrel.com/image/6856055_scaled_323x225.jpg)
![](http://www.mundorare.com/juegos/conklive/imagenes/squirrel2.jpg)