Posted on 01/25/2006 12:01:03 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of Europe (PACE) gathered for a meeting today in an attempt to organize another Nuremberg trial over communism. The draft resolution to internationally condemn "the crimes of totalitarian communist regimes" will become one of the key points of discussion during the PACE session which opened on January 23rd. It goes without saying that the resolution touches upon Russia directly because Russia was destined to inherit the biggest communist regime in history.
The author of the project, Swedish deputy Joran Lindblad, does not see any fundamental differences between the communist regime in the USSR and the Nazi regime in Germany. The deputy raised a question about the crime of massive repressions committed in the Soviet Union. In other words, the PACE deputies will have to decide whether Soviet officers should be equated to SS officers and denounced as criminals against humanity.
A deputy of the Russian State Duma, Vladimir Kashin, expressed an opinion of the Communist Party on the matter in an interview with Pravda.Ru. "It is anticommunism that equals fascism. We can see how the Baltic countries, which disavowed their Soviet past, let SS cutthroats march in the streets freely, although they sent to crematoriums Soviet prisoners, Jews, Poles, British and French citizens," Kashin said. The politician added that European parliamentarians should recollect the fact that the communist forces contributed greatly to the way the continent of Europe exists nowadays.
Vladimir Kashin named his own reasons of PACE's attention and interest in the communist regimes: "Imperialism and its vices is being ousted from every corner of the world. We can see it now when Europe tries to choose socially-oriented models of state organization. The whole world is taking a leftist turn nowadays. Being afraid of this trend, transnational corporations, American and Israeli capitals act through Europe now," the communist said.
Russian democrats split in their estimations regarding PACE's resolution on communism. Irina Khakamada expressed her bewilderment regarding the logic of European parliamentarians. "Hell knows what is happening in their heads," the politician said straightforwardly in her interview with Pravda.Ru. Khakamada added that she would not uphold such a document. "I would strike out the word 'communist' from the resolution and replace it with "totalitarian and bloody crimes." This is what should be condemned. There are many of such examples in the world today - Indonesia or Iraq, for example. Communist parties are legal. That is why there should not be such a heavy emphasis placed on communist regimes," Khakamada said.
On the other hand, Irina Khakamada's former colleague, Leonid Gozman, expressed a different point of view to a Pravda.Ru correspondent. "First of all, I believe that the crimes committed by communists should be condemned just like the crimes committed by Nazis were condemned. Secondly, it would be better if we did it ourselves. The Soviet Union used to be the leading communist country in the world. I would like the process to take place in the Russian parliament, not in the PACE," Gozman said.
In spite of the fact that the communist ideology collapsed in Russia, the numerous attempts to strike out everything that happened during the USSR's existence should normally evoke an obvious reaction of protest with patriots.
Russian politicians have failed to express a single approach to the matter of PACE's draft resolution to denounce communism. The leader of the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, cracks jokes in the Russian parliament saying that communism should be condemned just because it saved Jews from the total extermination. In the meantime, the leader of the Russian Communist Party, Gennady Zyuganov, scares passers-by in the center of Strasbourg, waving his red banner and singing communist songs.
"PACE interests are obvious. The first is to hit Russia, which is the legal successor of communist USSR. The resolution does not exist by itself. It will give an ideological basis to sue Russia," he told Interfax on Wednesday.
Moreover, the adoption of the resolution will be an "attempt to strengthen non-democratic post-Soviet regimes in Latvia, Estonia, Georgia and Ukraine based on the legitimacy of anticommunism," he said. - LINK
That's not going to help their argument.
About darn time.
The author of the project, Swedish deputy Joran Lindblad, does not see any fundamental differences between the communist regime in the USSR and the Nazi regime in Germany.
Since he's Swedish, maybe we'll finally find out something about Raoul Wallenberg, obm.
A deputy of the Russian State Duma, Vladimir Kashin, expressed an opinion of the Communist Party on the matter in an interview with Pravda.Ru. "It is anticommunism that equals fascism. We can see how the Baltic countries, which disavowed their Soviet past, let SS cutthroats march in the streets freely, although they sent to crematoriums Soviet prisoners, Jews, Poles, British and French citizens," Kashin said.
Vladimir Kashin named his own reasons of PACE's attention and interest in the communist regimes: "Imperialism and its vices is being ousted from every corner of the world. We can see it now when Europe tries to choose socially-oriented models of state organization. The whole world is taking a leftist turn nowadays. Being afraid of this trend, transnational corporations, American and Israeli capitals act through Europe now," the communist said.
So it's all a Zionist Israeli Nazi Baltic plot.
The leader of the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, cracks jokes in the Russian parliament saying that communism should be condemned just because it saved Jews from the total extermination.
And the Commies did this all by themselves!!! [/sarcasm]
I wonder if this is precipitated by the release of thousands of papers and documents by the Polish Government, to open, to the public, the machinations and evil of the Soviet Union's atrocities and support of terrorism throughout the world. The information in those thousands of pages should be a real eye-opener to the likes of Carl Levin and the other communist supporters in our government to the inner workings of the KGB and other agencies working to destroy America and all other countries in the free world.
BTW, I expect Russia to officially denounce Communism..
.. still waiting
Hitler + Stalin = Ntional socialism + Communism
As they steam full speed ahead toward implementing communism lite in Western Europe.
Some of these people need to read the 'black book of communism'.
Communism has been the greatest atrocity to ever befall mankind.
I wonder if European companies and any surviving individuals will be brought to justice for centuries of colonial crimes against much of the rest of the world. Maybe the colonial governments should be forced to pay fines and restitutions to the people they exploited and enslaved. Spain alone should be on the hook for the jillions in gold that they took from Central and South America. France, UK, and Belgium... well, don't get me started.
Europeans in glass houses....
There are a lot of Democrats and European and Canadian socialists worried about this. Canada and Europe are already jailing Christians for the crime of speaking their religion in public. Democrats and their judges in this country are denying Christian people their freedom of speech in the name of offending commie Christian haters. They can not put us in jail yet; but as soon as they can get special rights for gays, they will.
"yeta rozha kirpicha prosit" = this mug is begging for a [blow with a] brick.
"It goes without saying that the resolution touches upon Russia directly because Russia was destined to inherit the biggest communist regime in history. "
So who died that left this inheritance to Russia. Could there have been a translation problem here? Rather strange word to use in a historical reference.
Thanks for the ping.
"I wonder if European companies and any surviving individuals will be brought to justice for centuries of colonial crimes against much of the rest of the world."
And I wonder if you're a Leftist, eh?
"'black book of communism'. "
have yet to aquire it. Liked the looks of the new book, but not the price. Now, of course, it can be obtained used at a fairly low price...
Not like I speak Russian, but the byline on that photograph is "Strasbourg, France".
Interesting, yes?
Deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of Europe (PACE) gathered for a meeting today in an attempt to organize another Nuremberg trial over communism...
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I wonder if they are going to invite Hitlery, Kerry and Kennedy and any other Marxist scum they can dredge up?
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