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		<title>By: AgnieszkaMaria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 22:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Give me the name of one single nation without an appalling past, or of one nation that has come to grips, in less than a century&#039;s time, with traumatic upheaval and war.  You cannot because there is no such place on this planet.  War and political upheaval transform a place forever, and that is not a figure of speech.  Also, give me the reason why there is anything wrong with Putin having been in service to his nation for most of his adult life.  That is the honourable thing to do, especially if your family has also served, which his had done.  He earned his position, and everything that he owns, everything that people envy and want to see him lose, he in fact deserves to have and to keep, and no I do not care how all of it was acquired in considering a person who has so long devoted his life to his country.  My personal family history with Russia is deep and sorted.  I grew up with the knowledge of things to which most were not witness and thus could not know.  Every country covers up their misdeeds, and in every case there are eye witnesses who lay low and know the truth, waiting for it to be alright to speak about it.  It is painful, it is difficult, but it is a process that has to be respected.  The West demands that we just get over it.  Why does the West not get over itself, then?  It is controversial, politically incorrect, counter-intutive to most people, and outright bordering on treasonous, in the eyes of many, for me to support Putin and Russia.  However, that support is borne of logical and reasonable assessment and a proper understanding of that for which I stand.  The last thing that we need is to deepen the political rift, to widen the social and political gap, to keep at each other&#039;s throats, because then we most certainly will never move on.  We cannot forget, but we must move on.  I have an entire now-defunct class of military nobility, including my own family, and almost an entire nation of self-martyring people, who would call for my silence.  Do not presume to understand and accurately assess the mindsets of those who face the reality of the trauma caused by this last century&#039;s bloody history.  The biggest challenge is realising that it is safe to emerge and to trust, and that challenge is not something that the West is facing.  It is individual as much as it is shared among the people.  As for the rest of what it says here, it is clear that the author of this review read a convincingly written book and decided to just allow themselves to be convinced of it.  For shame on anyone who would make an already difficult situation, with which they have no personal experience, into something to just write about, without personal experience, because they have nothing else to publish.  The last thing we need are more troubles.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Give me the name of one single nation without an appalling past, or of one nation that has come to grips, in less than a century&#8217;s time, with traumatic upheaval and war.  You cannot because there is no such place on this planet.  War and political upheaval transform a place forever, and that is not a figure of speech.  Also, give me the reason why there is anything wrong with Putin having been in service to his nation for most of his adult life.  That is the honourable thing to do, especially if your family has also served, which his had done.  He earned his position, and everything that he owns, everything that people envy and want to see him lose, he in fact deserves to have and to keep, and no I do not care how all of it was acquired in considering a person who has so long devoted his life to his country.  My personal family history with Russia is deep and sorted.  I grew up with the knowledge of things to which most were not witness and thus could not know.  Every country covers up their misdeeds, and in every case there are eye witnesses who lay low and know the truth, waiting for it to be alright to speak about it.  It is painful, it is difficult, but it is a process that has to be respected.  The West demands that we just get over it.  Why does the West not get over itself, then?  It is controversial, politically incorrect, counter-intutive to most people, and outright bordering on treasonous, in the eyes of many, for me to support Putin and Russia.  However, that support is borne of logical and reasonable assessment and a proper understanding of that for which I stand.  The last thing that we need is to deepen the political rift, to widen the social and political gap, to keep at each other&#8217;s throats, because then we most certainly will never move on.  We cannot forget, but we must move on.  I have an entire now-defunct class of military nobility, including my own family, and almost an entire nation of self-martyring people, who would call for my silence.  Do not presume to understand and accurately assess the mindsets of those who face the reality of the trauma caused by this last century&#8217;s bloody history.  The biggest challenge is realising that it is safe to emerge and to trust, and that challenge is not something that the West is facing.  It is individual as much as it is shared among the people.  As for the rest of what it says here, it is clear that the author of this review read a convincingly written book and decided to just allow themselves to be convinced of it.  For shame on anyone who would make an already difficult situation, with which they have no personal experience, into something to just write about, without personal experience, because they have nothing else to publish.  The last thing we need are more troubles.</p>
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		<title>By: RedPropaganda</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RedPropaganda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[or maybe we ( &quot;Evil Soviets&quot;) should catch you and send you to Gulag to brainwash from this liberal crap. I suspect you know something about temperature in Siberia.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>or maybe we ( &#8220;Evil Soviets&#8221;) should catch you and send you to Gulag to brainwash from this liberal crap. I suspect you know something about temperature in Siberia.</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you should familiarize yourself with Varlam Shalamov&#039;s &quot;Kolyma Tales&quot;. Evgenia Ginzburg&#039;s, &quot;Into the Whirlwind.&quot;.........and of course, the late great Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn&#039;s Gulag Archipelago.
I suspect you know nothing of these accounts and are an uniformed moron.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you should familiarize yourself with Varlam Shalamov&#8217;s &#8220;Kolyma Tales&#8221;. Evgenia Ginzburg&#8217;s, &#8220;Into the Whirlwind.&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;and of course, the late great Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn&#8217;s Gulag Archipelago.<br />
I suspect you know nothing of these accounts and are an uniformed moron.</p>
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		<title>By: Paardestaart</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paardestaart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;The various tyrants and tyrannies present in our respective governments&quot; ???

Tyrants and tyrannies on our governments?? We ever had tyrants in our governments, that you remember - up till the One who was going to change us beyond recognition that is?? Let&#039;s not argue, we&#039;re all the same basically, communist russia was just another country with an alternative political system, not a monstrous empire of evil, you&#039;ve nothing to blame yourself for Iwan, let&#039;s sing kumbaya together kind russian gentleman?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The various tyrants and tyrannies present in our respective governments&#8221; ???</p>
<p>Tyrants and tyrannies on our governments?? We ever had tyrants in our governments, that you remember &#8211; up till the One who was going to change us beyond recognition that is?? Let&#8217;s not argue, we&#8217;re all the same basically, communist russia was just another country with an alternative political system, not a monstrous empire of evil, you&#8217;ve nothing to blame yourself for Iwan, let&#8217;s sing kumbaya together kind russian gentleman?</p>
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		<title>By: PAthena</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PAthena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What tyrannical leaders has the United States had?  The closest was Huey Long, who was never president.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What tyrannical leaders has the United States had?  The closest was Huey Long, who was never president.</p>
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		<title>By: ReyR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ReyR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, let&#039;s have a closer look. 
The article is titled &quot;Stalin, Putin...&quot;, it discusses “the Challenges” of &quot;avatars of post-Soviet Russian politics&quot;, and &quot;enduring Leninist legacies&quot;. 
The words &quot;Russia&quot; and &quot;Russian&quot; appear 10 times in the text.
The words &quot;Soviet&quot; and &quot;USSR&quot; - 9 times.
&quot;Putin&quot; and &quot;Czar Vladimir&quot; - 6 times.
&quot;Bolshevik&quot; and &quot;Bolshevism&quot; - 3 times.
KGB - 3 times.
Stalin and Stalinist - 3 times.
Lenin and Leninist - 3 times.
There are multiple references to Yeltsin, Andropov, Nikonov, Molotov, and even the Russian Orthodox Church
On the other hand, the text does not refer to the United States.
Thus, surprisingly, the article seems to refer to some country &quot;called&quot; Russia. 
Thanks to you, Richard Fontaine, our eyes are open wide now.
PS. Why did you think that the &quot;article was about the United States&quot;?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, let&#8217;s have a closer look.<br />
The article is titled &#8220;Stalin, Putin&#8230;&#8221;, it discusses “the Challenges” of &#8220;avatars of post-Soviet Russian politics&#8221;, and &#8220;enduring Leninist legacies&#8221;.<br />
The words &#8220;Russia&#8221; and &#8220;Russian&#8221; appear 10 times in the text.<br />
The words &#8220;Soviet&#8221; and &#8220;USSR&#8221; &#8211; 9 times.<br />
&#8220;Putin&#8221; and &#8220;Czar Vladimir&#8221; &#8211; 6 times.<br />
&#8220;Bolshevik&#8221; and &#8220;Bolshevism&#8221; &#8211; 3 times.<br />
KGB &#8211; 3 times.<br />
Stalin and Stalinist &#8211; 3 times.<br />
Lenin and Leninist &#8211; 3 times.<br />
There are multiple references to Yeltsin, Andropov, Nikonov, Molotov, and even the Russian Orthodox Church<br />
On the other hand, the text does not refer to the United States.<br />
Thus, surprisingly, the article seems to refer to some country &#8220;called&#8221; Russia.<br />
Thanks to you, Richard Fontaine, our eyes are open wide now.<br />
PS. Why did you think that the &#8220;article was about the United States&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the feedback.  My take is that America is headed for a financial collapse like we have never seen before, but that we will rebound, as always, with creative energy and imagination like the world has never seen.  It remains unclear to what extent the three great powers left standing in the world will be able to cooperate on the issue of global Islamic jihad, but I suspect that there will be ample opportunity for us to work together to find solutions to common problems according to our mutual interests and that it will indeed require a combination of hardware and the softer methods you allude to.  Time will tell.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the feedback.  My take is that America is headed for a financial collapse like we have never seen before, but that we will rebound, as always, with creative energy and imagination like the world has never seen.  It remains unclear to what extent the three great powers left standing in the world will be able to cooperate on the issue of global Islamic jihad, but I suspect that there will be ample opportunity for us to work together to find solutions to common problems according to our mutual interests and that it will indeed require a combination of hardware and the softer methods you allude to.  Time will tell.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Fontaine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Fontaine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sorry, I thought this article was about the United States and our newly installed Communist regime. But the author seems to be focused only on some country called &quot;Russia&quot;......open your eyes. The communists are doing just fine in America.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sorry, I thought this article was about the United States and our newly installed Communist regime. But the author seems to be focused only on some country called &#8220;Russia&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;open your eyes. The communists are doing just fine in America.</p>
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		<title>By: ReyR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ReyR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 09:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who are you to lecture and judge us? OFM is a grown person, and we don&#039;t need your intrusive mediation. 
Are you a communist yourself, trying to arbitrate our dialog?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who are you to lecture and judge us? OFM is a grown person, and we don&#8217;t need your intrusive mediation.<br />
Are you a communist yourself, trying to arbitrate our dialog?</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Where I lied?&quot;



I don&#039;t consider you a liar at all. I don&#039;t have any problems with you personally. You&#039;ve made your judgments based on what you&#039;ve learned from your life. I simply have a lot of disagreement and I&#039;m confident that I have access to more objective sources than you do.


OTOH, that doesn&#039;t mean I can&#039;t learn anything from you or anyone else. It&#039;s just that the party line you&#039;re preaching is destructive for the most part.


But I&#039;ll also say that I think Russia does have potential to be a great partner of a revitalized USA. But I can see why Russians would view the USA negatively. There are many reasons, and the list is getting longer. It&#039;s just useful for you to understand why we have so many problems in the USA even as the world&#039;s most powerful nation. It&#039;s the destructive collectivist ideology that has been allowed to permeate all of our institutions.


Of course this does not account for all of our problems. But it does make virtually all of them more difficult to manage because if you look at our 2 major political parties, one of them has a worldview in dramatic conflict with the other. Guess why? They don&#039;t argue over what color to paint the Whitehouse or what side of the road to drive on. Virtually all of the  political friction is tied directly or indirectly to collectivist ideology, because we don&#039;t even have time to discuss anything else. It was also considered a wasted opportunity for communists to engage in any major battles without putting some kind of spin on it that helped win their revolution.


Islam is empowered by leftists, who follow communist propaganda-driven ideas about multiculturalism. Our economy is in the tank because of what? We forgot how to build things? Or is it the unions, the constant interference regarding what green energy is acceptable, where we can drill for oil, it goes on and on and on. 


Without those problems, no doubt we&#039;d find other things to argue over, but we&#039;d be a lot more successful if that were the case. And the whole world would probably be better off as well.


We&#039;re not a stingy people in general. We have major disagreements about how the world should be fundamentally organized and that&#039;s a problem. Most of those controversies can be traced back to Soviet Communist propaganda.


Do I blame any living Russian? Nope. Not personally. But I&#039;m still obligated to defend the ideas that I think serve everyone&#039;s best interests and to rebut those ideas that I can show are destructive to the entire world. 


Socialism helps nobody. It&#039;s based on false ideas. It can work for short periods only, and you eventually pay more than you would have if you&#039;d have simply asked for public assistance programs on the basis of charity and rational collective self-interest arguments.


For example, food stamps. Good idea? Maybe, maybe not. Certainly a lot better idea if we have work requirements and funding that is tied to the nation&#039;s ability to pay. Nobody has a right to have the taxpayer feed them. That right simply doesn&#039;t exist.


Take that and multiply it across every other right people think they have, right to parks, right to cleanly paved streets, right to endless increases in standard of living that have no connections to personal productivity and you&#039;ve eventually got the recipe for ending what was once the greatest nation ever. Not because we&#039;re better people but because we were blessed by the best constitution and lucky enough to have the resources to develop.


When I&#039;m comparing systems of government or ideologies, I&#039;m not comparing people. People are influenced by those things but ultimately that is a separate discussion. Guys like Stalin that had so much impact on what the a government does, even that is not really personal. But when it seems like it is an attack on a specific human, it&#039;s not an attack on Russians or even those who are duped by his legends.


I even have a cautious respect for Putin. Certainly if I&#039;m to compare Putin and 0&#039;Bama, I&#039;ll take Putin any day of the week. I&#039;ve defended him many times recently, though I still remain skeptical because I just don&#039;t know enough about him. And he has a lot more power in his nation than POTUS.


I would not trade my citizenship at this point for anything. That is not an insult to any people anywhere, even if that statement hurts feelings. I don&#039;t think Americans are better than Russians as people. I think there is very little difference underneath the politics. Especially these days. Our systems of governance are vastly superior because we&#039;re extremely lucky.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Where I lied?&#8221;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t consider you a liar at all. I don&#8217;t have any problems with you personally. You&#8217;ve made your judgments based on what you&#8217;ve learned from your life. I simply have a lot of disagreement and I&#8217;m confident that I have access to more objective sources than you do.</p>
<p>OTOH, that doesn&#8217;t mean I can&#8217;t learn anything from you or anyone else. It&#8217;s just that the party line you&#8217;re preaching is destructive for the most part.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;ll also say that I think Russia does have potential to be a great partner of a revitalized USA. But I can see why Russians would view the USA negatively. There are many reasons, and the list is getting longer. It&#8217;s just useful for you to understand why we have so many problems in the USA even as the world&#8217;s most powerful nation. It&#8217;s the destructive collectivist ideology that has been allowed to permeate all of our institutions.</p>
<p>Of course this does not account for all of our problems. But it does make virtually all of them more difficult to manage because if you look at our 2 major political parties, one of them has a worldview in dramatic conflict with the other. Guess why? They don&#8217;t argue over what color to paint the Whitehouse or what side of the road to drive on. Virtually all of the  political friction is tied directly or indirectly to collectivist ideology, because we don&#8217;t even have time to discuss anything else. It was also considered a wasted opportunity for communists to engage in any major battles without putting some kind of spin on it that helped win their revolution.</p>
<p>Islam is empowered by leftists, who follow communist propaganda-driven ideas about multiculturalism. Our economy is in the tank because of what? We forgot how to build things? Or is it the unions, the constant interference regarding what green energy is acceptable, where we can drill for oil, it goes on and on and on. </p>
<p>Without those problems, no doubt we&#8217;d find other things to argue over, but we&#8217;d be a lot more successful if that were the case. And the whole world would probably be better off as well.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re not a stingy people in general. We have major disagreements about how the world should be fundamentally organized and that&#8217;s a problem. Most of those controversies can be traced back to Soviet Communist propaganda.</p>
<p>Do I blame any living Russian? Nope. Not personally. But I&#8217;m still obligated to defend the ideas that I think serve everyone&#8217;s best interests and to rebut those ideas that I can show are destructive to the entire world. </p>
<p>Socialism helps nobody. It&#8217;s based on false ideas. It can work for short periods only, and you eventually pay more than you would have if you&#8217;d have simply asked for public assistance programs on the basis of charity and rational collective self-interest arguments.</p>
<p>For example, food stamps. Good idea? Maybe, maybe not. Certainly a lot better idea if we have work requirements and funding that is tied to the nation&#8217;s ability to pay. Nobody has a right to have the taxpayer feed them. That right simply doesn&#8217;t exist.</p>
<p>Take that and multiply it across every other right people think they have, right to parks, right to cleanly paved streets, right to endless increases in standard of living that have no connections to personal productivity and you&#8217;ve eventually got the recipe for ending what was once the greatest nation ever. Not because we&#8217;re better people but because we were blessed by the best constitution and lucky enough to have the resources to develop.</p>
<p>When I&#8217;m comparing systems of government or ideologies, I&#8217;m not comparing people. People are influenced by those things but ultimately that is a separate discussion. Guys like Stalin that had so much impact on what the a government does, even that is not really personal. But when it seems like it is an attack on a specific human, it&#8217;s not an attack on Russians or even those who are duped by his legends.</p>
<p>I even have a cautious respect for Putin. Certainly if I&#8217;m to compare Putin and 0&#8242;Bama, I&#8217;ll take Putin any day of the week. I&#8217;ve defended him many times recently, though I still remain skeptical because I just don&#8217;t know enough about him. And he has a lot more power in his nation than POTUS.</p>
<p>I would not trade my citizenship at this point for anything. That is not an insult to any people anywhere, even if that statement hurts feelings. I don&#8217;t think Americans are better than Russians as people. I think there is very little difference underneath the politics. Especially these days. Our systems of governance are vastly superior because we&#8217;re extremely lucky.</p>
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		<title>By: Moa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s simply a deflection since you can&#039;t argue the main point. Please stick to the debate and stop trying to derail it with &#039;strawman&#039; arguments of *your* construction.  Your opponent said nothing to warrant your silly statement.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s simply a deflection since you can&#8217;t argue the main point. Please stick to the debate and stop trying to derail it with &#8216;strawman&#8217; arguments of *your* construction.  Your opponent said nothing to warrant your silly statement.</p>
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		<title>By: Moa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good points.


Fingers crossed Ted Cruz manages to win the Presidency in 2016.


I&#039;m amazed how your debators can simply gloss over Stalin&#039;s crimes. Not *millions* but *tens of millions*. 



Here&#039;s something those debators have not considered, &quot;Could a leader of the USSR have defeated Hitler without needing to murder tens of millions of his own people?&quot;. The answer is, of course!  The USSR was gearing up to invade Western Europe - it had T-34 prototypes already - and with a little more time probably would have struck the first blow.  All the pieces to win were in place - Stalin was not required for victory (it is simply communist propaganda to say he was necessary). The USSR had no shortage of able leaders, and they didn&#039;t have to be criminal exterminators to be victorious.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good points.</p>
<p>Fingers crossed Ted Cruz manages to win the Presidency in 2016.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m amazed how your debators can simply gloss over Stalin&#8217;s crimes. Not *millions* but *tens of millions*. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s something those debators have not considered, &#8220;Could a leader of the USSR have defeated Hitler without needing to murder tens of millions of his own people?&#8221;. The answer is, of course!  The USSR was gearing up to invade Western Europe &#8211; it had T-34 prototypes already &#8211; and with a little more time probably would have struck the first blow.  All the pieces to win were in place &#8211; Stalin was not required for victory (it is simply communist propaganda to say he was necessary). The USSR had no shortage of able leaders, and they didn&#8217;t have to be criminal exterminators to be victorious.</p>
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		<title>By: ReyR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ReyR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like your thoughtful approach, TP, but I must note that while in the past we Russians naively emphasized the similarities that do exist between us and the American nation, a change of wind brings a new point of sail. In 1990s our people gaped in awe as they watched Western predators ganged up with our homegrown criminals steal most of our nation&#039;s assets. One can&#039;t blame the human nature, as our friend OFM will remonstrate, no doubt. Yet, sadly for us Soviet-made simpletons, human nature had been forcibly changed by the previous government, and at the time we were just as you are now: idealistic, embittered, and confused, all at once. 20 years on, we have wised up a bit, and certainly become more cynical. This time as we observe the collapsing America, some are gloating, some have sympathy, but we no longer tend to identify with you guys. The West, China, and Russia, each is going thru its unique evolutionary phase. In the past, most Russians sought a western identity, but right now I fear we are diverging with the West and converging with China. America will not be an enemy as long as it minds its own business. The NATO bases will certainly have to go from Russia&#039;s underbelly. The dollar will become a local fiat currency, with very little &quot;fiat&quot;, if it survives. As to the muzzie issue, we have coped with this problem for centuries, as we will in future, but I&#039;m afraid the West is on its own now - no help from Russia this time. The reason we want to disassociate is because you guys tend to overemphasize the hardware side, and we prefer softer methods.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like your thoughtful approach, TP, but I must note that while in the past we Russians naively emphasized the similarities that do exist between us and the American nation, a change of wind brings a new point of sail. In 1990s our people gaped in awe as they watched Western predators ganged up with our homegrown criminals steal most of our nation&#8217;s assets. One can&#8217;t blame the human nature, as our friend OFM will remonstrate, no doubt. Yet, sadly for us Soviet-made simpletons, human nature had been forcibly changed by the previous government, and at the time we were just as you are now: idealistic, embittered, and confused, all at once. 20 years on, we have wised up a bit, and certainly become more cynical. This time as we observe the collapsing America, some are gloating, some have sympathy, but we no longer tend to identify with you guys. The West, China, and Russia, each is going thru its unique evolutionary phase. In the past, most Russians sought a western identity, but right now I fear we are diverging with the West and converging with China. America will not be an enemy as long as it minds its own business. The NATO bases will certainly have to go from Russia&#8217;s underbelly. The dollar will become a local fiat currency, with very little &#8220;fiat&#8221;, if it survives. As to the muzzie issue, we have coped with this problem for centuries, as we will in future, but I&#8217;m afraid the West is on its own now &#8211; no help from Russia this time. The reason we want to disassociate is because you guys tend to overemphasize the hardware side, and we prefer softer methods.</p>
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		<title>By: ReyR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ReyR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 06:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;If we don&#039;t like it we&#039;re free to go somewhere else.&quot; 
I agree.
But I disagree that your &quot;suggestion is more plausible&quot;, because my own experience is that censorship is pervasive in US-based web media today.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If we don&#8217;t like it we&#8217;re free to go somewhere else.&#8221;<br />
I agree.<br />
But I disagree that your &#8220;suggestion is more plausible&#8221;, because my own experience is that censorship is pervasive in US-based web media today.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Drakken was able to see it directly, then the Indian was probably correct this time.


So he replied to the comment that got deleted?


Whoa.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Drakken was able to see it directly, then the Indian was probably correct this time.</p>
<p>So he replied to the comment that got deleted?</p>
<p>Whoa.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you see his comment directly before it was removed, or did he tell you about it?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you see his comment directly before it was removed, or did he tell you about it?</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;It was deleted four hours after I posted it, and Drakken had enough time to leave his comment. His comment is still there, right at the top of the thread.&quot;



Wow. Well, the only other thing I can say is that your local browser would have kept its copy until the page was refreshed from the server. It stays there on your local browser indefinitely, until you force the page to be refreshed.


It&#039;s not impossible that you are correct, but based on my experiences, I think my suggestion is more plausible.


It would be very radical to find out that they are not only removing unfavorable comments but doing it without flagging it for people to see. For example, &quot;comment removed.&quot;


I don&#039;t approve of any kind of censoring but these guys own their own properties and I respect their rights as much as anyone else&#039;s. If we don&#039;t like it we&#039;re free to go somewhere else.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;It was deleted four hours after I posted it, and Drakken had enough time to leave his comment. His comment is still there, right at the top of the thread.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wow. Well, the only other thing I can say is that your local browser would have kept its copy until the page was refreshed from the server. It stays there on your local browser indefinitely, until you force the page to be refreshed.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not impossible that you are correct, but based on my experiences, I think my suggestion is more plausible.</p>
<p>It would be very radical to find out that they are not only removing unfavorable comments but doing it without flagging it for people to see. For example, &#8220;comment removed.&#8221;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t approve of any kind of censoring but these guys own their own properties and I respect their rights as much as anyone else&#8217;s. If we don&#8217;t like it we&#8217;re free to go somewhere else.</p>
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		<title>By: ReyR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ReyR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was deleted four hours after I posted it, and Drakken had enough time to leave his comment. His comment is still there, right at the top of the thread.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was deleted four hours after I posted it, and Drakken had enough time to leave his comment. His comment is still there, right at the top of the thread.</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[objectivefactsmatter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always trust the Indian over the white man when it comes to computer networking and database questions.


But if it happens in the future, the way to check if I&#039;m correct is to hit refresh and see if it&#039;s still there. If the fresh served page shows it and then it&#039;s removed after, that required action at the database level. Now you can question why it was removed.
 
If you hit refresh and the text is gone faster than it takes most people to read it, then obviously you have to consider that there was a connection problem.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Always trust the Indian over the white man when it comes to computer networking and database questions.</p>
<p>But if it happens in the future, the way to check if I&#8217;m correct is to hit refresh and see if it&#8217;s still there. If the fresh served page shows it and then it&#8217;s removed after, that required action at the database level. Now you can question why it was removed.</p>
<p>If you hit refresh and the text is gone faster than it takes most people to read it, then obviously you have to consider that there was a connection problem.</p>
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		<title>By: ReyR</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ReyR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 05:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.&quot;
To this Indian, it&#039;s simple: my post was deleted because it was unpleasant to the author of this article.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I will tell you in my way how the Indian sees things. The white man has more words to tell you how they look to him, but it does not require many words to speak the truth.&#8221;<br />
To this Indian, it&#8217;s simple: my post was deleted because it was unpleasant to the author of this article.</p>
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