Stalin was no good. He was a monster, an inhumane monster.
But I will give him great credit for one thing. When the German army reached the outskirts of Moscow in the fall of 1941, Stalin was strongly advised to retreat eastward. Get out of Moscow. Stalin refused. He remained in the Kremlin, and so served as a role model - for general and private alike.
Contrast that with George W. Bush’s and Dick Chaney’s behavior on 9/11. Both went into hiding for the day. Perhaps that was the wise thing to do. But it wasn’t very inspiring.
I will say one thing about George W. Bush. He showed one hell of a lot of ‘Grace under Pressure’ when he was handed that note about what happened.
“Contrast that with George W. Bush’s and Dick Chaney’s behavior on 9/11. Both went into hiding for the day.”
ROTFLMAO! Both went to strategic command centers!
Really? I heard the opposite.
I remember seeing a film that showed Stalin fleeing eastward on his train. I think it was The Inner Circle (1991), but it might have been Stalin (1992).
You are seriously comparing W to Stalin?
What are you drinking?
The Russia love around here has a cabbage fart stink about it. It’s bad enough you guys fellate Putin regularly…but sucking up to Stalin?