While I do find myself somewhat symapthetic to your arguement it does trouble me that if we place all the blame on Russia, then guys like Chairman Mao, Ho Chi Mhin and Pol Pot and the nations they represented receive somewhat of a pass on their actions.
You can’t deny where the root cause was, but it has been my policy to attack those who did the deeds. Mao purged something like 50 million of his citizens. Mhin was responsible for the deaths of millions as was Pot.
The U.S.S.R. was undeniably and evil state. The world today still suffers the effects of it’s craven nature.
Communism has been a bust where it has raised it’s evil head. Communism was first introduced in Russia, and I suppose it is fair to blame it for all Communist deaths to a degree.
I do think that degree deminishes as states like China matured and continued to slaughter their citizens by their own choice.
“that if we place all the blame on Russia, then guys like Chairman Mao, Ho Chi Mhin and Pol Pot and the nations they represented receive somewhat of a pass on their actions.”
Mao was on the Russian payroll since 1924.
Russia has been morally bankrupt since its inception.