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2021-11-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by badanov 2021-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Moving article, S.Machinsky. Now do Katyn Forest.

Posted by Mercutio 2021-11-15 09:15|| 2021-11-15 09:15|| Front Page Top

#2 If you're equivocating among acts of evil, you've already lost the discussion.

For every one Soviet/Russian act of evil visited them during WWII, the Russians can deliver ten such examples by the Germans and her allies.

Posted by badanov 2021-11-15 11:23|| 2021-11-15 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Stalin needed or at least thought he needed a Polish buffer zone between him and the West/Germany/NATO and he didn't want to take any shit about it from the Poles. War tends to get that way.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-11-15 12:16|| 2021-11-15 12:16|| Front Page Top

#4 No, I haven't, Bad; just get tired of the Rus crying "I'm a poor victim, so don't watch what I'm doing/"

Posted by Mercutio 2021-11-15 14:32|| 2021-11-15 14:32|| Front Page Top

#5 ..but at least understand their national paranoia when dealing with those on their borders.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-11-15 15:25|| 2021-11-15 15:25|| Front Page Top

#6 ..now given the only people who conquered them were the Mongols, I find the lack of concern with the Chinese to be a bit fascinating.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-11-15 15:27|| 2021-11-15 15:27|| Front Page Top

#7 They are extremely nervous about the Chinese. Including the hordes of illiterate poor Chinese immigrants pouring into Russia

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-15 17:01|| 2021-11-15 17:01|| Front Page Top

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