[snowsislander]

For this--one of the most principled and diplomatically savvy weeks of his presidency--Bush has been condemned by many Democrats and left-liberals. In fact, he should be applauded.

He certainly should be applauded. The actions of Stalin and FDR at Yalta condemned generations to living under Communist dictatorships, and only our loony left can be expected to rejoice at the history of Yalta's consequences.

President Bush's forthright condemnation of Yalta certainly was an act that I think will be a defining part of his presidential legacy.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Scratch a liberal. Uncover a fascist.

[lemura]

The actions of Stalin and FDR at Yalta condemned generations to living under Communist dictatorships

Look, the FDR/US couldn't do a dang thing about getting the the Soviets out of E. Europe. It was a devils deal allying with the Soviets to beat the Nazis, but at the end of the day (or 60 years in this case), it turned out to be the right choice.

Reason? Who would you rather have control/oppress E. Europe? The Nazis or the Commies? Look at the state of the German economy/technology vs Russia. That should tell you something ie if the Nazis had won, there wouldn't have been any jokes about how pathetic the Eastern block was (an subsequent collapse). Rather, it would have been a brutally efficient, inhuman tribute to darkness with no end in sight.

[nothingnew]

The actions of Stalin and FDR at Yalta condemned generations to living under Communist dictatorships,...

Everyone always leaves out the continuation of these actions by "Ike" Eisenhower, you know, the "Republican President" after Harry Truman, who ran the "Lend-Lease" program, which basically gave Uncle Joe the nuclear bomb..

FMCDH(BITS)