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"Don't get me wrong - I have no truck with Stalin or Lenin, but I'm not going to fault Putin for toasting the men who founded modern Russia."

You think Lenin and Stalin were the founders of "modern Russia"? I might agree with you if you meant that Russia is being run by "former" Communists who just changed their party affiliations and kept on leading. I strongly suggest you read the "Black Book of Communism"! Just as Russia was beginning to modernize she was taken over by a completely alien force...not just to Russia, but alien to the entire human race. No freedom of speech, no freedom of religion, no private property, no free market (except the black market). Communism is anti-Human. If the Communists were bees, they would be against beehives. If they were birds, they would be against flocks and free flight. If they were beavers, they would be against dams. If they were fish, they'd be against their natural propensity to organize into schools. In other words, Communists are opposed to the way humans NATURALLY organize. Not just at the international and national level, but also the way they worship, raise their families, spend their money, organize into communities, etc. That's why they call their program REVOLUTIONARY. They seek to overthrow every last vestige of human society. The result is a vast, impoverished, prison camp where even thoughts can be criminalized, let alone actions.

Just as Russia was beginning to modernize she was taken over by a completely alien force...not just to Russia, but alien to the entire human race. No freedom of speech, no freedom of religion, no private property, no free market (except the black market).

I see you are starting your day with baldfaced lies again. How you can call yourself a Christian is beyond me. Russia does have freedom of religion. Indeed, in many respects they have far more freedom of religion than America. The Bible is not only allowed in the classroom and armed forces, it is actually encouraged. My wife is a Christian and child psychologist, and she helped author the Biblical programs used in the classrooms. You are also lying about ownership of property, because it is allowed now. My wife and I own property in Volgograd. That said, you already know these things, because I pointed them out to you just a week ago.

I am not a Russian apologist. Indeed, I served six years on a Special Forces A-Team. Everyday you are on here posting lies and distortions under several names, including Snapple, FearGodNotMan, TapTheSource, and GIJoel. Anyone can do a search on those names to see the number of posts you make each day. You alias attack Russia and blame them for the actions of the Islamofacists. I have little doubt you are member of their group.