Posted on 02/24/2022 3:50:46 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Once again, Russian President Vladimir Putin has weighed in on the history of World War II. Speaking on Dec. 20 at an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), he appeared to blame Poland for the outbreak of the war while downplaying if not altogether denying Soviet responsibility.
“It was them,” he said, “who, while pursuing their mercenary and exorbitantly overgrown ambitions, laid their people, the Polish people, open to attack from Germany’s military machine, and, moreover, generally contributed to the beginning of the Second World War.”
Putin’s remarks have triggered angry rebuttals. The Polish Foreign Ministry decried his claims as Stalinist “propaganda” and accused the Russian leader of undermining joint efforts “to find the way of truth and reconciliation in Polish-Russian relations.”
“Insane,” former Belgian Prime Minister and prominent European Parliament member Guy Verhofstadt tweeted. “Denying that Stalin colluded with Hitler and destroyed Poland. A monster still glorified in the Russia of Putin.” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki published an emotional statement, accusing Putin of having deliberately “lied about Poland on numerous occasions.”
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I guess we know where Putin wants to go after he finishes with Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova.
“Putin’s remarks have triggered angry rebuttals.”
Never argue with an idiot.
France?
Belarus = Russian puppet. Lukachenko is the head of that SSR. Putin heads both the RSFSR and the Soviet Union (Union level).
Yep, and why not when the USA has been taken over by traitors on Putins payroll? Remember leftists saying all the time: “Trump is Putins puppet”?? Curious how Putin waited till Joe Biden occupied the White house before he invaded the Ukraine.
So far I haven’t heard one Rat or RINO call Biden “Putins puppet” even though Biden was the one who shut down our energy independence and lifted the sanctions against Russia as soon as he took office and gee whiz, not one person from the Rat/RINO uniparty protested.
Putin looks back fondly on his KGB career. He is also a chemist who specializes in poisons.
LOL. Yeah, Russian troops would probably enjoy seeing Paris.
And applauded while Germany was defeating France and bombing Britain, and was Germany’s main trading partner. And the Soviets told the US not to get involved in the “Imperialist War”.
Macron would probably welcome them.
No, Putin is not that deep. He assigned someone to come up with an excuse. He is rationalizing his actions the way deceptive people do.
Putin is a predator and he thinks like a predator. And it just so happens that he is loyal to his nation, unlike the Biden administration.
Yep
That makes sense
I would say Putin is writing the history of World War III.
Lukashenko is the Mussolini to Putin’s Hitler.
Gen Patton knew
Yep!
That’s why the deep state communists (FDR and his cabinet) had him accidented...
Years ago, I would've thought that statement to be completely preposterous. But I saw how the press reported about George W. Bush and Donald Trump and the way they are reporting the events of Jan. 6, and my respect and trust in the press is completely gone and so now I'm just not sure.
I suppose the events that happened before the Vietnam war were reported fairly accurately, but for events after that, I have no confidence in the accuracy of the press at all. (See Tagline.)
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