History repeating itself, and just be wary of Russia [View all]

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Here on DU several times posters have remarked that the Russians were heroes in WW2, and we couldn't have won without their sacrifices.

Well, here's what the rats did in WW2:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-and-communists-divvy-up-poland

Hitler came to power in 1933. In 1939, Germany and Russia agreed to divvy up the country of Poland. We know the brutality that Germany visited on Poland, assisted by the Soviet Union. Two years later, in 1941, Germany turned on Russia and invaded, reneging on their pact, and forcing Russia to ally themselves with England and the United States, in order to save themselves.

WW2 started in 1939 with the invasion of Poland, which caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany, due to defense pacts. And there you have it, Europe on fire. In particular, take note on what happened to Latvia and Estonia. Swallowed up by the Soviet Union, because they could not defend themselves. They signed agreements with the Soviet Union, only to be taken over completely. This time around, they are NATO members and are busily fortifying themselves militarily. Not sure how Russia gets to "reclaim" their territory, which they stole from those citizens.

Belarus, which apparently used to be part of Poland, is ruled by a dictator named Lukashenko, who is a Russian puppet. And, that's why they are in trouble. Meanwhile, Moldova is in peril, because they have some kind of nonaggression principle written right into their constitution. Still, Russia is nibbling at them via controlled territory which is just illegally occupied territory. This is the same thing they did in Georgia, and the Donbas.

For Ukraine to concede territory to Russia just to end a war is foolish. It will never end. Russia needs its nose bloodied and to be pushed completely out of Ukraine. Otherwise, we are going to see WW3, with or without nukes. I think NATO should sign up those countries who want in.

I see that the UN has boots on the ground in Africa. Where were they early on when they could have thrown weight around to help Ukraine? There's lots of stuff I don't understand, but I can see a dam breached, and that Russia is very afraid of losing Crimea, another illegally occupied portion of Ukraine.

I just don't want to ever again hear how heroic Russia was in WW2. We always forgive those that make war against us. Japan, Germany, all forgiven, and one day we'll be friends with Russia. I'm rooting for any patriotic Russian who is trying to free themselves of Putin and his evil Duma. But those idiots who are advocating to concede to Russia, they are just stupid. It won't work. It didn't then, and it won't now.

Thank you for letting me rant about this. Lately in the news there have been bytes about China, and that Congress Critter, advocating to feed bits of Ukraine to Russia. I'm sure that Ukraine has its faults, but poor Ukraine didn't deserve this.