Originally posted by Suvorov
Besides, I find it quite offensive, no VERY offensive, that BarbarossaHRE dares to name all these numbers of tanks, planes etc. the Western Allies sent to the USSR while the Soviet people "donated" the lives of 27 million people (yes, Mr. Barbarossa, read that number again, please!) to the fight against Nazism. An American tank being shot to pieces doesn't leave a family behind. Every German killed in the East meant one German less to take on the British/Americans/Canadians.
I hope you realize how stupid it is to downplay the Soviet wareffort in this way.
Whether it offends you or not (Im sorry if it does, that wasnt my intention), its
still true. So ignoring it=omitting a vital part of the equation; Im not sure why youd be offended by
facts.
On "downplaying the Soviet war effort", I said I wasnt attempting to diminish the achievements of the Russian soldier (check my post again). But the actions & intentions of the common soldier dont always have anything to do with those of its government, especially when headed by an evil dictator. You can compare his methods to Hitler's & claim he wasnt as bad, but thats a moot point (& one which Im surprised anybody would even
try to make) since a quick comparison of totals killed shows that he was at least as bad as Hitler, if not worse.
On "donating the lives of 27 million", just by quoting that figure youre
admitting that Stalin single-handedly murdered more people than Russians died in the war! That doesnt make you hate the sick f*ck? As for "Stalin didnt treat the Slavs so badly" or "if you're going to execute someone, guilty or not, it should be done in the most humane way possible, not concentration camps", youve never heard of the 2 million Poles deported to gulags? Or the 8 million Ukrainians forcibly starved to death?!
You really
have been reading '50s Soviet textbooks!
