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In reply to the discussion: Putin wants to promote objective truth about WWII [View all]Adrahil
(13,340 posts)50. War makes strange bedfellows.
But even before the end of the war, both FDR and Truman knew the threat a post-war Soviet Union posed. That's why there was a mad dash to German scientists and technology.
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Modern Fascist hire Public Relations firms and sometimes retired foreign Generals.
gordianot
May 2017
#2
Let's talk about the Soviet Union starving the Ukraine as it stole Ukraine's harvests.
no_hypocrisy
May 2017
#4
Um, does it matter that we were allies with the "evil empire" when our Presidents
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#12
Sigh. You better thank your lucky stars we were allies with the USSR. Without the sacrifices of
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#24
Your false equivalence of Stalin with Hitler is demonstrable proof positive that you
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#31
OF course I lionize Stalin (for reasons mentioned elsewhere). Speaking of 'rounding up' people, FDR
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#64
And Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union slowed Stalin's reign of terror on his people.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2017
#38
Hitler opened Auschwitz. Stalin (and the Red Army) closed it. Q.E.D. - nt
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#66
Yes, reminds me a lot of the "Hitler was a bad guy but had some good ideas" trope we've all heard
BannonsLiver
May 2017
#79
I can't believe anyone in their right mind would laud the virtues of Stalin.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2017
#81
How about instead we talk about how the USSR lost 26 million fighting Hitler
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#6
What is B.S.? That the USSR lost 100 people for every 1 the U.S. lost? I know U.S. lives
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#16
FFS. You need to take a few history classes or read some books. The USSR had
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#23
Precise casualty counts are impossible. For one thing, the line between
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#17
We provided the coats, the Soviet people provided the bodies. Or are you
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#65
You are the one who has no shame, willing to accept with absolute equanimity that Soviets died at
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#69
Say hi to Vlad. just so you could withhold your gratitude and engage in decadent what-aboutism*
Botany
May 2017
#71
LOL. When the Nazi scum invaded Ukraine, they had to restrain the Ukrainians for being
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#14
Ukrainian "hero" Stepan Bandera gleefully aided Nazis in hunting down and killing Jews
Jake Stern
May 2017
#58
There comes a point where the monstrosity is so overwhelming distinctions are pointless
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2017
#32
You're spewing some hateful nonsense about your fellow DUers now. But as long
bettyellen
May 2017
#83
Were it not for Stalin, Zhukov and the Red Army, we would all be goose-stepping
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#18
We did not need WW2 for that lesson. (See WW1.) IMO, the lesson of WW2 is that sometimes
KingCharlemagne
May 2017
#34