In 1938 the great powers met in Munich to determine the fate of the Sudetenland, a territory belonging to Czechoslovakia. Even though the Soviet Union was a great power, and had an obvious interest in the region, it was not invited to the conference.
As we all know, Britain and France caved in to Hitler. Stalin learned a lesson from all that. The British and French were weak. The initiative belonged to Germany.
So Stalin allied with Hitler, not out of any common cause, but because the West would not stand up to Germany.
(Again, this is a Devil's Advocate viewpoint...just something to think about.)
What a crock. The Nazis were Leftists the same as the Communists. They were two scorpions in a bottle fighting for power. The Nazis won.
Can we thusly blame the Republican Party with their loser platform, their ABSOLUTE COMPLETE LOSER candidates and the traitorous quislings which they have seated in the US Senate and House for the national nightmare of Øbama?
YES WE CAN!
I find it interesting that the author of this article used the theological term “hypostasis” in describing the current Post-Soviet Russian regime.
It is a term used in traditional Christiology describing the nature of Christ as 100% God and 100% Man at the same time, existing in reality with one another. In our own time-space continuum, nothing can be 100% one thing and 100% another thing at the same time, but in Christ, we accept it by Faith.
In the context of post-Soviet Russia, is the author implying that it is still 100% communist even though it claims to be 100% NOT?
I found the use of the term fascinating! :-)
I will acknowledge those Red Army soldiers who fought for their Motherland against a hideous foe, despite their leadership, they didn’t choose their leaders, they were fighting for their families.
I refuse to praise Stalin, or the system that needlessly killed millions more than needed to be killed. And the oppression they brought on so many nations after the war.
Stalin wanted the war in the West, to bleed the British, French and German armies dry, making all of Europe easy pickings for the Red Army.
The one thing Stalin didn’t count on was France falling so soon, which may have turned out in the end to be a blessing in disguise.