Stalin had Trotsky killed in Mexico City in the 1930s.
> Stalin had Trotsky killed in Mexico City in the 1930s <
Well, it wasn't exactly a "stab in the back" -- rather it literally was an axe into the head, as I recall. But an excellent example nonetheless!
And how can one overlook the thousands of loyal Communists, mostly apparatchiks and military officers, who were murdered by Stalin's thugs in the 1930's?
Or what about the Sino-Soviet battles along the Amur River in 1969?
Or the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978?
Or the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979?
Just as there's no honor among thieves, neither is there honor among Reds.