I don’t think it’s worth your time to review the history of the argument.
I’ve read the entire thread, and seen your posts around here. His criticism of you seemed valid to me, at least at present and on this issue, regardless of your years of service fighting the USSR I think you mentioned elsewhere. And the fact that his post, the one I responded to, was immediately followed by some internet meme or something from you, even though it was a response to something farther up the thread, made his point for him.
Every time I post here, right under the buttons to do so, there is a reminder in italics to not engage in personal attacks, along with a reminder to not use profanity, racism, or violence. Maybe it’s just on my version of Free Republic. If we can’t hash disagreements out here about a foreign country or two with fact-based argument, which by definition would leave out name-calling and other ad hominem attacks, what hope do we have to reverse the deep-set rot in our country? I know it’s not just you. And I know I haven’t behaved perfectly here either.