[Zhang Fei]

Hanson issues a timely reminder about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact that made WWII possible - Russia gave Germany the blank check it needed to embark on the conquest of Europe. When Russia complains about its losses during WWII compared to relatively light American losses, it's like the guy complaining about being an orphan even though he killed his own parents:

Of course, as Putin reminds us, we fought together in World War II and should agree that such cooperation should be emulated. The Soviet Union suffered enormous losses for the Allied cause. Without such heroic sacrifices, the Anglo-American alliance might well have lost the war.

Yet Putin forgets to remind us that the Soviets’ war with Germany was prompted by betrayal. The Soviet Union was a de facto ally of Hitler. It kept sending him enormous amounts of materiel to help defeat France and attack Britain. Only Hitler’s 1941 double-cross caused the Soviets to go to war with Nazi Germany.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

How old was Vladimir Putin in WW2 ???