Did you forget that the russian actually saved all of our ass and its because of them france, england and many other countries don't speak german these days?
Hello HM,
No offense, but I hate reading bad historical statements. As I've stated previously in another thread, the brutal nature of Russian (Stalin) policy toward it's own people and armed forces before and during the early stage of the German invasion was responsible for bringing everyone close to "speaking German". Evisceration of the army and the people's spirit by Stalin came within a hair of destroying that country. With so much of their men and equipment lost in the first months of 1941, the pouring in of U.S. equipment helped allow the Soviet Union to stay in the war. At best the statement should read: since a two-front war was necessary to defeat the Germans, the Russians were a vital partner with the U.S. and Britain.
About your sweater, seeing the CCCP would remind me of that Seinfeld episode where Elaine dated a Communist. The Soviets "had a good run" but are now just a failed heinous nostalgic anachronism, like Mood Rings and Easy Bake Ovens though not nearly as cute, fun, and harmless.
Really, were you just out testing peoples reactions for some survey...or do you realize CCCP also represents the 20 million who went to the gulags by a system largely of random selection that valued human life like we value mosquitoes.
Not that I think everything about Communism philosophically in principle is bad. That's not what really existed in the CCCP. It was a blend of Communist veneer and a vicious cult dictatorship that pillaged the land and human life as coolly as cutting the lawn. Even Lenin saw it coming when he warned about the danger of Stalin. Now maybe if you were wearing a reference to Che Guevara or Castro...
Like Elaine maybe the girl you met had...a Communist...on her bucket list of cool guy types to bang. I hope you scored.
Really whats next. Sure the Hells Angels trafficked my daughter but hey they collected toys for orphans so A OK.
Or to quote a Russian Joke...The soviet constitutions guarantees the freedom to protest, not your freedom after you protest.
I guess butchering people on the basis of race is wrong. Killing people on the basis of wealth or political basis or for many on the basis of instilling fear in others is OK.
These nail the CCCP pretty well.
...on the verge of defeat they came back and they push them back, just that alone to me makes the red army the greatest army in history. Maybe i played too much Call of Duty or whatever, but everytime i would do the battle of Stalingrad i had chills. Same goes for when i watch Ennemy at the Gate.
The same Red Army that swallowed Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and half of Poland as a result of the
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939 that was VITAL to helping the Nazis start World War II, lead to their conquests in Europe and nearly engineered the Red Armys own destruction, without which the key leaders of the German General Staff was ready to depose Hitler. ALL due to the leadership of Stalin.
The same Red Army that shot it's own soldiers en masse, exactly as depicted in the beginning of "Enemy At The Gates", and used brutal penal battalions of condemned prisoners as a sacrificial terror force on the Germans and Russian civilians.
Your history is grossly selective in the extreme, like eating your birthday cake in a slaughter house.
BTW - I'm friends with a Russian woman born in Moscow about 50 years ago who despises the CCCP.
Stalin and the CCCP may have been vital to defeating the Nazis and winning World War II, but that is
ONLY by accident. Without the cooperation of Stalin and the CCCP in 1939 the Nazis can't move. The German army was determined not to have another two-front war and the leadership was primed to get rid of Hitler without the 1939 agreement. Stalin and the CCCP is just about as responsible for World War II as the Nazis. The CCCP fought on the right side ONLY because they were too stupid to see the consequences of their malicious deal with Hitler and nearly destroyed by Stalins idiocy . Otherwise the CCCP would have been very happy to sit back, let Hitler do what he wished as they did between 1939-1941, and exploit any opportunity the CCCP could find. THAT IS WHAT YOU WORE ON YOUR SWEATER!
Ya know, when I have seen people wearing CCCP I think "how silly" and laugh it off. But when one actually defends what happened behind it...it's far too much to take with just a laugh.
wheeeew,
Merlot
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