We should also remember that the Bolshevik revolution was a color revolution project by the West, the British empire in particular along with other actors.
I can agree with your observations and your solution. Yet, for politicians it is considered political suicide to accept responsibility for anything not good, even if they are not at fault and taking responsibility only as a representative of the entity responsible (ie - US government). I do wish, truly, that your article will catch the eye of Vice-President J. D. Vance; and that he will take it to heart. History can be so . . . so . . . . Here it is 50 to 60 years after events that took place before and during the Vietnam war and we still have deniers of some of the true facts of that conflict, even though the responsible parties are most all dead.
We should also remember Stalin’s outrageous motive for stealing Ukranian grain and starving the Ukranian farmers: he wanted to sell the grain to finance his monstrous plan to overwhelm all of Europe via military force and impose communism-----with him in charge as the biggest of all dickhead fearless leaders. Putin should bear that in mind when he makes his silly demands. He has already taken control of the areas populated by Russian speaking people. Or perhaps I should say “previously occupied” because by now all the civilians have fled for their lives or have been slaughtered in the cross fire. As for Zelensky, maybe he ought to consider that those Russian speakers don’t welcome Ukranian overlords any more than the Ukranian farmers appreciated Stalin’s murderous commisars.
It’s difficult not to despise all these warmongering “fearless leaders.” They are all monomaniacal sociopaths. The world would be a better place if they would all drop dead in a ditch.
They fled when the Ukros made them leave or die, yes, starting in 2014 by the ethno nationalists. They were set to complete the job before Russia came in.
You are confusing USSR under Stalin with a democratic common sense Russia preserving traditional values under Putin. Is it intentional or what?
The Warsaw block was formed in response to the NATO formation. It is the Stalin USSR that lost 30+ million people in a BRUTAL war against the USSR unleashed by the Germany and all of Europe. It is Churchill of the remnants of the British empire that unleashed Cold war with his Fulton speech after the war. And it is the British empire that had pulled India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the USA into the war making it a truly world War after giving Ploand war guarantees in 1939.
It is USSR that destroyed 80% of the economic and military potential of the Nazi Germany. The lend lease was a business transaction, and Russia completed paying back the loan in 2006. 18,000 airplanes were delivered by the allies (USA mainly) but USSR produced 180,000 airplanes itself. USA sought to end the depression and revitalize its severely depressed economy and for ways to dominate in the international stage.
I agree with some but not all of what you write. You say, "You are confusing USSR under Stalin with a democratic common sense Russia preserving traditional values under Putin. Is it intentional or what?"
My response is that I am NOT confusing anything. The fact that Russia now celebrates "Victory Day" is proof of their acknowledgement of the continuity between the Soviet Union and today's Russia.
It is also a gloating over their defeat of Germany, as it will be if President Trump institutes celebration of US "victory" in WWI and WWII as he says he plans to do.
Are we really competing over who did the worst damage to other human beings? There are no "winners" in war. Every war is a failure of vision and statesmanship. Rather than "Victory Day" the world should be observing an "International Day of Shame and Repentance." Any celebration of "victory" keeps the war fires burning until next time.
How the hell is 27 million Russians dying fighting Nazi's celebrating the USSR? You are so wrong in your article. For God's sake Srarlin was a Georgian not a Russian. What don't Americans understand about the USSR & Russia being 2 completely different entities? JD Vance doesn't have his hands clean because of the way Trudeau treat the truckers. Does that make sense to you?
I think the celebration is mainly in remembrance of the sacrifices made by the people lost. Second, having several years of previous multi nations NATO war games on the border of Russia doesn’t give the people a sense of security without knowing they have the means to protect the country. Walk in their shoes awhile. That doesn’t create peace.
NATO is absolutely at fault in all this. No doubt about it. But I do question celebrating anything. Not to be cute, but I have an ancestor who was murdered in an Indian attack. Both sides there were to blame. But no one has held a parade over it. What we really need is forgiveness, and in Europe it's mainly between Germany and Russia. I say this having three German-American grandkids who are front and center in today's crisis. We pray for peace every day.
It is hard to take your opinion seriously. It is just an opinion of a bystander. A generic opinion. You need to ask the Russians. What do THEY think about the parades? I related earlier about the huge losses my family has sustained in the Great Patriotic War. Every single family has a similar story to tell. I say on behalf of all those families that we NEED those parades. They are how we REMEMBER all those who were killed, wounded, maimed. All those whose lives and livelihoods were destroyed, the terrible toll that we had to pay. Your personal opinion is no substitute for the opinions of millions upon millions in Russia and the former USSR republics for whom the parades are sacred.
Then saying Russia is basically USSR is a huge mistake, and the deep distortion of truth.
Only because the population of the former USSR will always remember what has been done to them, it does not equate the USSR with the present day Russia. Chastising the USSR is hypocritical as the USSR was the western project.
To those whose families suffered tremendously during the western onslaught against the people of the USSR it is a VICTORY DAY over the catastrophy inflicted on the peoples (numerous ethnicity groups have lived in the ussr as well as Russia now) of the ussr and Russia.
You commit a fundamental flaw equating USSR and Russia only because Russians as well as other ethnic groups still remember the unspeakable catastrophe unleashed on the unsuspecting ppl not equal to anything that has occurred in human history.
My father fought all four years and by miracle came back home as well as his two brothers almost killed. My mother's side was not as "lucky". She lost three brother out of four to war. One was killed in June of 1945. My father in law was wounded severely, and again was miraculously saved. His mother and and sister and hundreds of others in a small village in ukraine were thrown into a mine in May 1942 and left there to die. I can tell you more about my mire extended family. Every single family has similar stories to tell. It is a matter of reflection for you, sir. It has been and always will be a matter of life and death and will always remain a VICTORY over the darkest deepest human inclinations.
If you compare the situations that were developing then a(ww1 and ww2) with the war in Europe now - the fact that the British empire declared war against Germany in more or less regional wars was decisive in expanding that war exponentially that eventually.involved 80% of the world population in ww2. At least now England and the rest of Europe are
at a proxy war without explicit and formal declaration. And a lot of credit goes to how the leadership of Russia execute the special operation. Thank you for your response.
Then what's all the fuss about Jesus' suffering? And 2 mil Arabs in Gaza being exploited by Hamas. 400 million Arabs(among them super rich) doing nothing for decades to help their brothers and sisters. Why then all this handwringing about Gaza? It's a planet of suffering after all. 10 mil Ukrainians left practically in the blink of an eye their homeland. But the 2 mil of Arabs for decades could not have been helped? What's the handwringing about the greater israel (6mil) in the middle east with 400 mil Arabs? And despite the all suffering planet all this obsession with 2 mil Gaza, 6 mil "greater" Israel...
Both JDVance and his wife have ties to the Pilgrim Society. Wife is his handler. They are not to be trusted; basically, it’s Great Britain intelligence (again).
I totally agree but associating Putin with Stalin as you did was wrong in my opinion. You did say Putin doesn't have clean hands. Then went on to mention the USSR & Stalin. How Putin has anything to do with both I don't understand.
Thank you for commenting. The Soviet Union's "victory" over Germany was overseen by Stalin. By commemorating that in such a huge way, Putin links himself permanently with Stalin. I am merely stating this as a historical fact. I am not being particularly critical. Putin himself was educated under the Soviet regime and served it faithfully as a KGB official. Today, as Russia faces an existential war against the West, Putin must call upon the continuity of Russian history--including Tsarist history--to rally the nation to fight, sacrifice, and win. Putin also has a large, legal, and important communist party to deal with and to include in the war effort. HOWEVER....I don't know if you have spent much time in central and eastern Europe. I have traveled extensively in Germany, and I can assure you, there is a mortal fear of Russia that is palpable, with the memory of Germany's own WW II suffering a living presence. What Germany suffered in the 20th century in what I consider largely British-instigated wars is visible everywhere with cemeteries and memorials to the German dead, many teenage boys when they were killed. True, Germany and Russia began to bury the past through their engagement in trade and energy before the US and British-instigated Ukraine folly erupted. But the wounds that were healing have been torn open again. The US now needs to do everything it can to help Europe heal. That means a major effort to negotiate a lasting peace. I have yet to be persuaded that Trump can do this, which is why I made an appeal that I hope reaches Vance.
Not personally responsible, but in accepting the role of leadership of Russia he is responsible for dealing with the consequences of Stalin's actions; just as, for instance, President Donald Trump is responsible for dealing with the consequences of centuries of criminality and abuse toward Native Americans. Trump may or may not accept this but the fact remains. Just as every president since JFK is responsible to some degree for the assassination cover-up and its consequences.Not trying to be argumentative, but I hope you see what I mean.
I don't like disagreeing with you as I really love your writings. I won't respond with anymore comments on this subject after this one. I'll have to agree to disagree with what you 1st stated. I will say though stating had his hands dirty certainly seems to me it was a personal attack on him for others actions. Thanks for your replies.
Denying the immense suffering inflicted on the peoples of the USSR is perplexing. Even one person's suffering at the hands if someone else is bad enough. But when the suffering has been such immense as the one inflicted by the hands of the collective Europe to the people of the ussr not recognizing it, diluting it, making it trivial is only telling me that you have no understanding of the scope of it. The consequences are still palpable to this day.
IWhy make a martyr out of Christ then? The suffering according to you is everywhere. And after his (Christ's coming ) the suffering, the wars increased manifold.
Such insensitivity on your part after sharing my family's story is perplexing. I did not mention my mother-in-law who spent her teenage years in a ghetto and in a labor camp during the Great Patriotic Ear. My father-in- law' mother and sister along with hundreds of others were thrown into a mine to die. And you are "not impressed" wow. And I am not trying to impress you. I am delivering to you the facts that you have no awareness otherwise. My three dead uncles who never came back, never had families, children etc are unimpressive to you. Even the choice of words coming from a Jesus follower is perplexing.
You co firm my observation sir - SO MANY TIMES I've encountered smart, in telligent sensible people who are completely tone deaf in one particular area.I am still struggling gto explain this phenomenon
We should also remember that the Bolshevik revolution was a color revolution project by the West, the British empire in particular along with other actors.
Yes, I totally agree.
I can agree with your observations and your solution. Yet, for politicians it is considered political suicide to accept responsibility for anything not good, even if they are not at fault and taking responsibility only as a representative of the entity responsible (ie - US government). I do wish, truly, that your article will catch the eye of Vice-President J. D. Vance; and that he will take it to heart. History can be so . . . so . . . . Here it is 50 to 60 years after events that took place before and during the Vietnam war and we still have deniers of some of the true facts of that conflict, even though the responsible parties are most all dead.
We should also remember Stalin’s outrageous motive for stealing Ukranian grain and starving the Ukranian farmers: he wanted to sell the grain to finance his monstrous plan to overwhelm all of Europe via military force and impose communism-----with him in charge as the biggest of all dickhead fearless leaders. Putin should bear that in mind when he makes his silly demands. He has already taken control of the areas populated by Russian speaking people. Or perhaps I should say “previously occupied” because by now all the civilians have fled for their lives or have been slaughtered in the cross fire. As for Zelensky, maybe he ought to consider that those Russian speakers don’t welcome Ukranian overlords any more than the Ukranian farmers appreciated Stalin’s murderous commisars.
It’s difficult not to despise all these warmongering “fearless leaders.” They are all monomaniacal sociopaths. The world would be a better place if they would all drop dead in a ditch.
They fled when the Ukros made them leave or die, yes, starting in 2014 by the ethno nationalists. They were set to complete the job before Russia came in.
You are confusing USSR under Stalin with a democratic common sense Russia preserving traditional values under Putin. Is it intentional or what?
The Warsaw block was formed in response to the NATO formation. It is the Stalin USSR that lost 30+ million people in a BRUTAL war against the USSR unleashed by the Germany and all of Europe. It is Churchill of the remnants of the British empire that unleashed Cold war with his Fulton speech after the war. And it is the British empire that had pulled India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the USA into the war making it a truly world War after giving Ploand war guarantees in 1939.
It is USSR that destroyed 80% of the economic and military potential of the Nazi Germany. The lend lease was a business transaction, and Russia completed paying back the loan in 2006. 18,000 airplanes were delivered by the allies (USA mainly) but USSR produced 180,000 airplanes itself. USA sought to end the depression and revitalize its severely depressed economy and for ways to dominate in the international stage.
I agree with some but not all of what you write. You say, "You are confusing USSR under Stalin with a democratic common sense Russia preserving traditional values under Putin. Is it intentional or what?"
My response is that I am NOT confusing anything. The fact that Russia now celebrates "Victory Day" is proof of their acknowledgement of the continuity between the Soviet Union and today's Russia.
It is also a gloating over their defeat of Germany, as it will be if President Trump institutes celebration of US "victory" in WWI and WWII as he says he plans to do.
Are we really competing over who did the worst damage to other human beings? There are no "winners" in war. Every war is a failure of vision and statesmanship. Rather than "Victory Day" the world should be observing an "International Day of Shame and Repentance." Any celebration of "victory" keeps the war fires burning until next time.
Thank you for commenting.
Amen. I think of this every time I drive past a military cemetery, of which there are many in California.
How the hell is 27 million Russians dying fighting Nazi's celebrating the USSR? You are so wrong in your article. For God's sake Srarlin was a Georgian not a Russian. What don't Americans understand about the USSR & Russia being 2 completely different entities? JD Vance doesn't have his hands clean because of the way Trudeau treat the truckers. Does that make sense to you?
I believe in peace, love, and forgiveness among all nations, not reliving the hatreds of the past.
I think the celebration is mainly in remembrance of the sacrifices made by the people lost. Second, having several years of previous multi nations NATO war games on the border of Russia doesn’t give the people a sense of security without knowing they have the means to protect the country. Walk in their shoes awhile. That doesn’t create peace.
NATO is absolutely at fault in all this. No doubt about it. But I do question celebrating anything. Not to be cute, but I have an ancestor who was murdered in an Indian attack. Both sides there were to blame. But no one has held a parade over it. What we really need is forgiveness, and in Europe it's mainly between Germany and Russia. I say this having three German-American grandkids who are front and center in today's crisis. We pray for peace every day.
It is hard to take your opinion seriously. It is just an opinion of a bystander. A generic opinion. You need to ask the Russians. What do THEY think about the parades? I related earlier about the huge losses my family has sustained in the Great Patriotic War. Every single family has a similar story to tell. I say on behalf of all those families that we NEED those parades. They are how we REMEMBER all those who were killed, wounded, maimed. All those whose lives and livelihoods were destroyed, the terrible toll that we had to pay. Your personal opinion is no substitute for the opinions of millions upon millions in Russia and the former USSR republics for whom the parades are sacred.
Then saying Russia is basically USSR is a huge mistake, and the deep distortion of truth.
Only because the population of the former USSR will always remember what has been done to them, it does not equate the USSR with the present day Russia. Chastising the USSR is hypocritical as the USSR was the western project.
To those whose families suffered tremendously during the western onslaught against the people of the USSR it is a VICTORY DAY over the catastrophy inflicted on the peoples (numerous ethnicity groups have lived in the ussr as well as Russia now) of the ussr and Russia.
You commit a fundamental flaw equating USSR and Russia only because Russians as well as other ethnic groups still remember the unspeakable catastrophe unleashed on the unsuspecting ppl not equal to anything that has occurred in human history.
My father fought all four years and by miracle came back home as well as his two brothers almost killed. My mother's side was not as "lucky". She lost three brother out of four to war. One was killed in June of 1945. My father in law was wounded severely, and again was miraculously saved. His mother and and sister and hundreds of others in a small village in ukraine were thrown into a mine in May 1942 and left there to die. I can tell you more about my mire extended family. Every single family has similar stories to tell. It is a matter of reflection for you, sir. It has been and always will be a matter of life and death and will always remain a VICTORY over the darkest deepest human inclinations.
If you compare the situations that were developing then a(ww1 and ww2) with the war in Europe now - the fact that the British empire declared war against Germany in more or less regional wars was decisive in expanding that war exponentially that eventually.involved 80% of the world population in ww2. At least now England and the rest of Europe are
at a proxy war without explicit and formal declaration. And a lot of credit goes to how the leadership of Russia execute the special operation. Thank you for your response.
I am not impressed. Everyone has suffered. Stop being such a martyr. This is a planet of suffering.
Then what's all the fuss about Jesus' suffering? And 2 mil Arabs in Gaza being exploited by Hamas. 400 million Arabs(among them super rich) doing nothing for decades to help their brothers and sisters. Why then all this handwringing about Gaza? It's a planet of suffering after all. 10 mil Ukrainians left practically in the blink of an eye their homeland. But the 2 mil of Arabs for decades could not have been helped? What's the handwringing about the greater israel (6mil) in the middle east with 400 mil Arabs? And despite the all suffering planet all this obsession with 2 mil Gaza, 6 mil "greater" Israel...
Both JDVance and his wife have ties to the Pilgrim Society. Wife is his handler. They are not to be trusted; basically, it’s Great Britain intelligence (again).
That's why Vance must now learn the art of making peace. Blessed are the peacemakers.
I totally agree but associating Putin with Stalin as you did was wrong in my opinion. You did say Putin doesn't have clean hands. Then went on to mention the USSR & Stalin. How Putin has anything to do with both I don't understand.
Thank you for commenting. The Soviet Union's "victory" over Germany was overseen by Stalin. By commemorating that in such a huge way, Putin links himself permanently with Stalin. I am merely stating this as a historical fact. I am not being particularly critical. Putin himself was educated under the Soviet regime and served it faithfully as a KGB official. Today, as Russia faces an existential war against the West, Putin must call upon the continuity of Russian history--including Tsarist history--to rally the nation to fight, sacrifice, and win. Putin also has a large, legal, and important communist party to deal with and to include in the war effort. HOWEVER....I don't know if you have spent much time in central and eastern Europe. I have traveled extensively in Germany, and I can assure you, there is a mortal fear of Russia that is palpable, with the memory of Germany's own WW II suffering a living presence. What Germany suffered in the 20th century in what I consider largely British-instigated wars is visible everywhere with cemeteries and memorials to the German dead, many teenage boys when they were killed. True, Germany and Russia began to bury the past through their engagement in trade and energy before the US and British-instigated Ukraine folly erupted. But the wounds that were healing have been torn open again. The US now needs to do everything it can to help Europe heal. That means a major effort to negotiate a lasting peace. I have yet to be persuaded that Trump can do this, which is why I made an appeal that I hope reaches Vance.
Hardly responsible for Stalin actions or the policies of the USSR
Not personally responsible, but in accepting the role of leadership of Russia he is responsible for dealing with the consequences of Stalin's actions; just as, for instance, President Donald Trump is responsible for dealing with the consequences of centuries of criminality and abuse toward Native Americans. Trump may or may not accept this but the fact remains. Just as every president since JFK is responsible to some degree for the assassination cover-up and its consequences.Not trying to be argumentative, but I hope you see what I mean.
I don't like disagreeing with you as I really love your writings. I won't respond with anymore comments on this subject after this one. I'll have to agree to disagree with what you 1st stated. I will say though stating had his hands dirty certainly seems to me it was a personal attack on him for others actions. Thanks for your replies.
Denying the immense suffering inflicted on the peoples of the USSR is perplexing. Even one person's suffering at the hands if someone else is bad enough. But when the suffering has been such immense as the one inflicted by the hands of the collective Europe to the people of the ussr not recognizing it, diluting it, making it trivial is only telling me that you have no understanding of the scope of it. The consequences are still palpable to this day.
IWhy make a martyr out of Christ then? The suffering according to you is everywhere. And after his (Christ's coming ) the suffering, the wars increased manifold.
Such insensitivity on your part after sharing my family's story is perplexing. I did not mention my mother-in-law who spent her teenage years in a ghetto and in a labor camp during the Great Patriotic Ear. My father-in- law' mother and sister along with hundreds of others were thrown into a mine to die. And you are "not impressed" wow. And I am not trying to impress you. I am delivering to you the facts that you have no awareness otherwise. My three dead uncles who never came back, never had families, children etc are unimpressive to you. Even the choice of words coming from a Jesus follower is perplexing.
You co firm my observation sir - SO MANY TIMES I've encountered smart, in telligent sensible people who are completely tone deaf in one particular area.I am still struggling gto explain this phenomenon