Parade's End (US Troops to March in Red Square)

Powerlineblog.com ^ | March 24, 2010 | Scott

[toni100]

Last week the British Embassy announced that British, French and American troops would march with Russian soldiers on Red Square to mark the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. The Brits said in a statement that the parade may mark the first time British troops have marched in Red Square; I believe the same observation applies to the American troops that will join the parade. Click here for full article

[Thunder90]

But why do we need to do this in Moscow? Why not France? Or Berlin for good measure? We should NOT march in Moscow. It legitimizes the 45 year occupation of Eastern Europe by the Soviet Union, and the actions of the Russian government in Georgia.
BTW, they are going to have large pictures of Stalin in the area; potentially on Red Square itself.

[Lady Jag]

This arrangement has to be intended to threaten someone. Who would top your list?

[ETL]

"'The Black Book of Communism,'; a scholarly accounting of communism’s crimes, counts about 94 million murdered by the supposed champions of the common man (20 million for the Soviets alone), and some say that number is too low."

Forgetting the Evils of Communism: The amnesia bites a little deeper
By Jonah Goldberg, August 2008:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZmY0MjI1MDgyYjg1M2UwNDMzMTk2Mjk5YTk0ZTdlMWE=

[Thrownatbirth]

In May 1975, I was part of a US Navy Honor Guard in Leningrad (now Petersburg) celebrating the 30th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War. Our ship was on the first US port visit there since the end of the war. The Soviets were honoring the US sailors who died in the supply convoys that saved their asses.

Lotsa free vodka for me. :-)

[JEC]

Soon we will have US troops surrendering arms in Mecca.

[ETL]

Above: Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signs the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact while German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop and Soviet leader Stalin look on under a portrait of Lenin, August 23, 1939. News of the Pact stunned the world and paved the way for the beginning of World War Two with Hitler assured the Germans would not have to fight a war on two fronts.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pact.htm
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"...at the time of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, the Communists suddenly transformed the 'Anti-Nazi League' into the "Hollywood Peace Forum," calling for American neutrality and using the slogan 'Let's Skip the Next War.'..."
--Ronald Radosh, from his book, Red Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony's Long Romance With the Left
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4251

[concernedforusa]

Unfortunately, Obama has just begun.

[RinaseaofDs]

Patton wanted to rearm the Germans and send them after the Russians.

Most of Eastern Europe has nothing but contempt for Eisenhower. That bitter coward and appeaser left Eastern Europe to twist in the wind.

Churchill knew better. He should have convinced Patton to defect to the UK. Lord knows he wasn’t getting any respect from Top Brass in the US.

Montgomery nearly lost the war for them in Operation Market Garden. Had Eisenhower had listened to Patton, he could have ended the war up to 6 months sooner. Market Garden was an idiotic idea by a very mediocre General. Montgomery kept winning and the losing the same territory in North Africa before the US got involved.

At the time, we thought we might have needed the Soviets to help invade Japan. Again, what if.

[IbJensen]

Moronic, imbecilic, leftist politicians!

We should have waited a bit longer to engage Herr Hitler.

[fightinJAG]

Thanks.

[GreyFriar]

I am very aware of that book and Soviet atrocities.

[autumnraine]

I’m with you. I despise Barack Obama, but I’m not quite sure where the outrage is coming from. They aren’t asking to march in celebration of Stalin, but of the many Russian soldiers who we worked with to liberate many concentration camps.

While I understand the feelings about Stalin, let’s not forget that there were a good many Russian men who fought just as hard to liberate the jews under Hitler and THEY should be celebrated.

[dfwgator]

While I understand the feelings about Stalin, let’s not forget that there were a good many Russian men who fought just as hard to liberate the jews under Hitler and THEY should be celebrated.

Well they certainly didn't liberate the Poles, they just gave them a different set of chains.

[WilliamTells]

You can accuse the Brits of winning and losing the same territory in N. Africa, but not Montgomery. He didn't take over until August 1942. He stabilized the British front, and then defeated the Germans and Italians in the battle of El Alamein. After that, Montgomery never went backwards in Africa.

[Thunder90]

Still, We could have this parade in France or London, and invite in the Russian soldiers to march there. We should not march in Moscow because of the enslavement of Eastern Europe.

[Drew68]

Still, We could have this parade in France or London, and invite in the Russian soldiers to march there.

We can have our parade wherever we'd like. The Russians are choosing to have their parade in Moscow. They are inviting us as guests. You can guarantee that any service member who feels so strongly against spending a week or so enjoying a paid spring vacation in Moscow will have the opportunity to decline.

[cslyk]

We did win the Cold War. Why not celebrate with a march in the defeated enemies capitol?

[La Enchiladita]

The linked article is entitled “Parade’s End” and written by Scott Johnson.

The title and author given at top of this thread are quite different although Powerline is given as the source.

[444Flyer]

The world we’re currently living in, I believe this is possible.

[ETL]

Stalin aside, KGB Putin is no friend of ours. He’s helped build up every one of our enemies from Saddam Hussein (before and during the war) to Chavez, the Castro bros and that nut job in Iran, plus some others.