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Entry: The Good War: A Cautionary Tale Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_good_war_a_cautionary_tale#29247 Post contents: To Forthurst and others who like the "Hitler was a victim of the Brits and Reds" thesis: you don't know your history!! Lee is right that Stalin threatened Europe less than Hitler. Here are some factoids: 1) Stalin undermined socialist movements elsewhere around the world, even locking up western leftists dumb enough to visit Moscow 2) right up to Operation Barbarossa, Stalin thought that Hitler wouldn't attack Russia, and that the peace pact would hold 3) Uncle Joe did all he could to undermine the Reds in Spain, leading to Franco's victory 4) even after the war, Stalin was jealous of other communist movements, as in China; Mao did his own thing. Stalin was a SOB in the worst sense, but he desired accommodation with Hitler for some time. He even liked the term "national socialist" to describe his regime. In short, he was a more calculating imperialist than crazy Adolf. Sent at: 2009 01 08