The Stalin-Hitler Pact was the only treaty in 70+ years that the Soviet Union didn't break, and that's only because Hitler beat them to it.
The Russkies fought bravely, but Stalin did as little as possible and got the biggest rewards becauyse FDR and the Commies who surrounded him kissed "Uncle Joe"'s posterior.
It wasn't Stalin that won the war; it was th e combined effort of the Allies. The ordinary Russians did much more to win that war than Stalin did.
BTW, has anyone ever noticed the resemblance between Stalin and Saddam?
I believe that is intentional.
"There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam studied Stalin. Stalin is his hero. Stalin came from a humble background. Stalin was brought up by his mother. Stalin used thugs. Stalin used the security service. Stalin hated his army. And so does Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein models himself after Stalin more than any other man in history.
He has a full library of books about Stalin. He reads about him, and when he was a young man -- even before he attained any measure of power -- he used to wander around the offices of the Ba'ath Party telling people "Wait until I take over this country. I will make a Stalinist state out of it yet." People used to laugh him off. They shouldn't have. It was a very serious proposition indeed."
I understand that Saddam greatly admired Stalin. And although Stalin certainly killed millions more of his own people than Saddam did, I'll wager that Stalin didn't kill his first man at the age of 10 like Saddam did.
Saddam is a great admirer of Stalin and soncsiders him to be a role model.
evil reincarnated