tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256627.post111567106360855489..comments2023-03-25T07:15:54.137-04:00Comments on Life and Hard Times Free Press: Media love Stalin?Michael Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02868479933203338319noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256627.post-1116073731201169912005-05-14T08:28:00.000-04:002005-05-14T08:28:00.000-04:00Wow - I'm glad Michael is operating this blog site...Wow - I'm glad Michael is operating this blog site. I'm learning a lot from his columns and from readers' comments. Makes me feel downright ignorant. Thanks for the education. I look forward to expanding my knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256627.post-1115683341598978102005-05-09T20:02:00.000-04:002005-05-09T20:02:00.000-04:00Oh, my -- such a pleasure to visit with my friends...Oh, my -- such a pleasure to visit with my friends who know their history and know how to write about it. Bush has acknowledged that Yalta was a crime -- now let's get to the rest of the crimes. Stalin's saving grace as far as the world goes, is that he killed only his own people. Once he ran out of them he would have commenced killing on an even grander scale. If you want to read an unbelievably gripping book about being a prisoner in Stalin's hellhole -- read "Coming out of the Ice" by Victor Herman. Victor was an American boy who went to the Soviet Union with his father, who was a devoted communist. He wanted to help the Soviets build the perfect society. instead, Victor -- who became a famous athlete and pilot in the USSR -- was eventually arrested and deported to a Siberian labor camp -- his tale of survival is absolutely gripping -- it's out of print, but I did purchase a used copy on Amazon.<BR/><BR/>Eventually, the entire family disappeared into the Gulag -- except Victor, who lived to tell the tale and even return to America.<BR/><BR/>It makes everything that happened there even more horrific when you actually read a personal account -- millions dead and deported is a horrible number -- but it's hard to comprehend -- whereas the tale of one man brings it all home.Aussiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342835526420926153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12256627.post-1115677928866338472005-05-09T18:32:00.000-04:002005-05-09T18:32:00.000-04:00Michael, you have the Novaya Yorka Vremya bullseye...Michael, you have the Novaya Yorka Vremya bullseyed! They always have been as pink as a bad case of conjunctivitis. <BR/><BR/>If Stalin had what Der Fuehrer had to work with, he would have decimated the planet. That Russia was, basically, a colonial-type economy with poor infrastructure, poor education, little technical expertise, and sporting a demoralized population was what prevented Stalin from making Hitler look like a rank amateur. The ``brave`` Russian soldier had no choice; he could take his chances fighting the Germans or face certain death at the hands of his tovarish. (I`d just as soon get shot in battle, too!) <BR/><BR/>If you got captured, you hoped to God (or Lenin) the Germans didn`t return you! Operation Keelhaul was one of the most despicable things America has ever done!Timothy Birdnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193888082216045778noreply@blogger.com