Even though the 1940s Russians were our "friends" against Hitler, it is exciting to watch the Frank Capra films of Why We Fight where the Germans are knocked out by scorched earth, all out total war and determination to save Russia.
I have the dvds, of course, but there are streaming versions (if still permitted to us peasants). That's why I get dvds. title: The Battle of Russia, Part One and Part two.
One analyst on the radio said an incentive for Putin today is to avoid Russia being sneak attacked again, so he wants to build a wall of security in the East. Even though 1940s were a long time again, people in Russia remember it all. Asked "But will anyone attack Russia now?" the analyst replied: "That's what America said the day before Pearl Harbor." True.
“That’s what America said the day before Pearl Harbor.” True.
Except that no one has even pretended to want to attack Russia. It’s just a Reichstag fire by the Russkies.
Russia is more like Germany attacking Poland while claiming Poland was the aggressor.
So he’d rather be attacked in retaliation?
What’s funny is that before the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, the official Soviet position was that it was an “Imperialist War” and the US should stay out of it.