[Brad from Tennessee]

[Simply put, the West never had the stomach for the casualties that were taken by all sides of the Eastern Front. . .]

True enough. If we had a leader like Hitler or Stalin we would have mutinied and hung them from a lamp post.

[Mr. Mojo]

So true. The Russians never did have the stomach for deposing their homegrown dictator (Stalin) who killed tens of millions of their own countrymen. They just submitted to his will, like good little commie comrade automaton pansies.

[valkyry1]

Once they’re in power (elected) that might be hard to do.

[Caipirabob]

True enough. If we had a leader like Hitler or Stalin we would have mutinied and hung them from a lamp post.

Sorry friend, I don't see that happening outright. I see it as the "boiling frog" scenario.

Did someone just turn up the heat?

[pobeda1945]

“If we had a leader like Hitler or Stalin we would have mutinied and hung them from a lamp post.”

Why Obama is still in power?