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27. Wow, an unreconstructed Soviet apologist!

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 10:24 AM

Aug 2013

That's the gist I got from the first few paragraphs of this dribble.

Don't see very many of these around anymore!

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Syrian War - Remember Yugoslavia ?? OK - But Let's Remember the Real Story. [View all] HumansAndResources Aug 2013 OP

Did you just compare nerve gas to depleted uranium? Recursion Aug 2013 #1

It IS more toxic than lead, and tungsten, at least sir pball Aug 2013 #3

In Some Ways it is Worse - in that it sticks around a LOT longer HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #6

You seriously have no idea what you're talking about Recursion Aug 2013 #8

I Don't Find the Suffering and Dying from it ROFL HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #18

Yes, you should Recursion Aug 2013 #13

You posted "it's not radioactive" - that's just not true. PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #14

Fine. "It's less radioactive than the bricks in your house" Recursion Aug 2013 #21

A MASSIVE Oversimplification There HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #30

You Better Believe It (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #24

Jesus Christ, I'm drunk.. sir pball Aug 2013 #2

Interesting read. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #4

Never thought of it as a war against socialism. PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #5

yugoslavia wasnt party to the warsaw pact, it was non-aligned BOG PERSON Aug 2013 #12

It was from '43-'48, and "Titoism" continued the framework. joshcryer Aug 2013 #15

The government didn't just go away when it went non-aligned. joshcryer Aug 2013 #17

They HAD a Peace Treaty Signed, but then the USA Got Involved HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #19

yugoslavia hedged its bets w/ the soviet union pretty early on BOG PERSON Aug 2013 #20

Losing bet, as history showed. joshcryer Aug 2013 #22

(1) i repeat: yugoslavia was not part of the eastern bloc BOG PERSON Aug 2013 #25

It was as much a workers' state is the PRC is a people's state Recursion Aug 2013 #23

"as a general rule" BOG PERSON Aug 2013 #26

All 'war' is about privatizing the shit out of everything leftstreet Aug 2013 #11

Wow, an unreconstructed Soviet apologist! tritsofme Aug 2013 #27

Not Even Close to a Totalitarian Communist here ... HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #29

Yup, Yugoslavia was the first of the US inspired "color revolutions" mbfromnm Aug 2013 #28