USSR... That would explain a lot (especially the fact he said USSR, not Russia.)
1. Gee, I wonder what the media was like in the USSR. You'd get a very broad range of opinions, wouldn't you? No indocrination, of course [/sarcasm]
2. That means you came to Israel BEFORE 1991. Which means BEFORE the current crisis started (with Iran and Lebanon - Iran in paticular). So I guess you can use your indoctrination practice in real life, eh?
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman