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tavernier

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13. Yes, he's a Saint.
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:15 PM
Mar 2014

From the KGB school of compassion and love of mankind. Second only to Gandhi.

Most of Eastern Europe would agree. Right? Right???


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It's a stepped response, I agree. This is going to be a long game, at least until TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #1
He's Brezhnev, not Hitler. And, if you don't think Stalin would have stabbed Hitler in the geek tragedy Mar 2014 #2
exactly. stalin sits idly by while hitler commits all his troops to the west? hardly. unblock Mar 2014 #3
and, Hitler leaves his eastern flank exposed to Stalin? nope nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #9
ok, my one-liner was a simplification. unblock Mar 2014 #19
He's just a rather typical politician showing he's "tough". Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #4
That's adorable. Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #15
While Hitler ended up as a raving insane madman... I don't think he started out that way MNBrewer Mar 2014 #5
"Mein Kampf" is the ravings of a lunatic (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #10
I haven't read it MNBrewer Mar 2014 #16
Now that you mention it -- Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #20
Why does everyone always bring up Godwin's Law on the internet? Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #6
It's because there are too many people who don't know when they've lost the argument. reformist2 Mar 2014 #8
Godwin's law doesn't indicate that the person who mentions Nazis first loses. MNBrewer Mar 2014 #18
Oh please. An authoritarian leader of a diminished former superpower starts to grab back land Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #11
Crimea practically ran into Russia's arms. reformist2 Mar 2014 #7
In the plebiscite that followed it, 99.7% of Austrians approved of the Anschluss. Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #12
The Von Trapps only made up .3% of the population, I guess... n/t Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #17
Crimea was depopulated of the indigenous Muslims at the point of a gun by the USSR Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #14
Thank-you. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #21
Yes, he's a Saint. tavernier Mar 2014 #13
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