"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“What’s even more ironic is the Russians revere their veterans and we have to trash ours!”
Maybe now since there are so few of them left. They were ordered not to talk about what they saw during the war and until Stalin’s death were under heavy suspicion since they had their eyes opened by the obviously superior living conditions in the west.
I don’t know that you will find many Soviet veterans who feel that they were treated well. Its a fairly recent thing that they have been invited to speak at schools etc.
Are you going to watch the PBS special ?
MEMBERS of the Greatest Generation - especially those with weak hearts - might want to steer clear of an upcoming PBS documentary that suggests the Allied victory in World War II was “tainted” and questions whether it can even be called a victory.
Moreover, the documentary, titled “The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century,” asserts that the war could only be won by forming an unholy alliance with a dictator - Joseph Stalin, who was as brutal as the one they were fighting, Adolf Hitler - and by adopting the same “pitiless” and “remorseless” tactics practiced by the enemy.
The three-part documentary is a companion to the best-selling book, “The War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West” by Harvard and Oxford historian Niall Ferguson. The one-hour Part One of the documentary premieres Monday night at 10 on Ch. 13. The other two parts air the following two Mondays. World War II is the focus of Part Two.
read more here: http://www.nypost.com/seven/06262008/tv/it..._war_117294.htm