[John S Mosby]

Highly recommend the BBC series “Fall of Eagles” if you have 13 plus hours to watch each episode. Covers the destruction of the 3 Eagles, Germany, Austro-Hungary and Tsarist Russia— and includes the fact that the Germans financed Lenin to destroy the Tsarist government. The Bolshevik revolution was financed by Germany (and...uh certain well known US and German bankers with certain... uh, interests— without being particularly bigoted to the core group of revolutionists and the failure of the useful idiot Socialists).

To think that the current Russian govt. seeks to restore the old Stalinist borders and the old CCCP provinces is really quite frightening and should be to the Balkans, Lithuania, Poland and any former “province”. And what is the “flexibility” promised by obamaumao to Medvedev, Putin’s butt boy? Whose butt boy is obamaumao (for that matter whose is he NOT one to? sic).

[John S Mosby]

oops. Forgot the link. The series is excellent.
The blowback to the Germans post WWI led to Hitler who accepted all socialists, communists whatever to get power then killed off the commies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUCjbg_fhZA

[gbscott1954]

I would like to add my hearty recommendation to watch the BBC series “Fall of Eagles.” It is pretty accurate historically and if you ignore the fact that all the actors have English accents you will truly enjoy the series. It is available on Youtube and you can download all of it and watch it at your convenience. It also deals with the stupid Russian foreign minister and how he got bamboozled by the Austrians.