[JesseHousman]

(Asner):"I think Joe Stalin was a guy that was hugely misunderstood," said Asner. "And to this day, I don't think I have ever seen an adequate job done of telling the story of Joe Stalin, so I guess my answer would have to be Joe Stalin."

How telling!

Thanks for posting this column.

[weegee]

FR appears to be barfing today as the servers are relaying the posts.

That was an improper citation of the quote that I corrected (both appear in the article, only one is right) BEFORE I posted it. This means that what you post may not be what OTHERS see you post (at least for a time being) if you use the preview option.

[Lijahsbubbe]

(Asner):"I think Joe Stalin was a guy that was hugely misunderstood,"

Kill tally: Approximately 20 million, including up to 14.5 million needlessly starved to death. At least one million executed for political "offences". At least 9.5 million more deported, exiled or imprisoned in work camps, with many of the estimated five million sent to the 'Gulag Archipelago' never returning alive. Other estimates place the number of deported at 28 million, including 18 million sent to the 'Gulag'.