cyr330
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Thu May-05-05 10:14 PM
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What did he have to say of Russia's role in the destruction of Berlin at the end of the war (the parts that weren't already demolished from air raids)?
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| -Putin criticizes Allies for Dresden bombing |
malmapus |
May-05-05 02:13 PM |
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To be more accurate, |
Wright Patman |
May-05-05 02:22 PM |
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There is no "but" .... |
tabasco |
May-05-05 02:35 PM |
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Indeed. |
HuckleB |
May-06-05 12:00 PM |
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Putin is just trying to point out the facts |
atreides1 |
May-05-05 02:23 PM |
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When Putin acknowledges the wholesale slaughter |
Skeptic_All |
May-05-05 02:35 PM |
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On the contrary, prior to WW2 war was always conscious of the |
NCevilDUer |
May-05-05 03:59 PM |
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You know what |
atreides1 |
May-06-05 12:58 AM |
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Putin is doing a lot of things with his statement |
Book Lover |
May-05-05 09:33 PM |
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Hypocritical doesn't even begin for this.... |
VTMechEngr |
May-05-05 02:25 PM |
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Who's left to speak on war crimes, then? |
makhno |
May-05-05 04:46 PM |
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Pot calls kettle n/t |
Anarcho-Socialist |
May-05-05 02:26 PM |
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Yep, Pot, Kettle, Black. |
DiverDave |
May-06-05 08:24 AM |
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It's because of *'s critism |
DrDebug |
May-05-05 02:27 PM |
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MAD - Mutually Assured Dissing =) N/T |
malmapus |
May-05-05 02:29 PM |
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I don't get what your criticism is. |
NCevilDUer |
May-05-05 02:29 PM |
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I think the Russians went out of their way against the German civilian |
malmapus |
May-05-05 02:35 PM |
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And I'm not defending the soviets. I'm just saying that rape and |
NCevilDUer |
May-05-05 03:23 PM |
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I agree with you there, didn't think you were defending them |
malmapus |
May-05-05 03:30 PM |
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About as bad as the Germans, eh? |
makhno |
May-05-05 04:48 PM |
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Ignorant? Sure a few poles would think they were about as bad |
malmapus |
May-05-05 05:59 PM |
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Oh, please. Enlighten us. |
HuckleB |
May-05-05 08:50 PM |
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Tell me something new |
makhno |
May-05-05 09:34 PM |
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Ah, so as long as its not racially motivated... |
HuckleB |
May-05-05 09:36 PM |
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At least read the thread you're replying to |
makhno |
May-05-05 09:47 PM |
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Blah. Blah. Blah. |
HuckleB |
May-05-05 09:51 PM |
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The motivation was different |
makhno |
May-05-05 10:01 PM |
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Please stop responding to imaginary posts. |
HuckleB |
May-06-05 07:45 AM |
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Definite ethnic persecution under the Soviets |
Lydia Leftcoast |
May-05-05 11:14 PM |
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Did you forget about the "Secret Protocols?" |
tabasco |
May-05-05 02:49 PM |
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Thank you for pointing this out. |
HuckleB |
May-05-05 03:10 PM |
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What the Soviets did in 1945 was not simply 'war' |
brentspeak |
May-05-05 02:50 PM |
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Mass rapes |
makhno |
May-05-05 04:50 PM |
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Will this do? |
achtung_circus |
May-05-05 06:39 PM |
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I've read parts of "Berlin" |
makhno |
May-05-05 07:05 PM |
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To My Mind, Sir |
The Magistrate |
May-06-05 01:37 AM |
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Obviously you need someone to expound on the exploits |
Skeptic_All |
May-05-05 02:54 PM |
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I think it's a bit of a stretch ... |
tabasco |
May-05-05 04:06 PM |
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Yeah, it's a pretty stretchy stretch.... |
Violet_Crumble |
May-06-05 05:23 PM |
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People just can't help forgetting Poland |
makhno |
May-05-05 04:51 PM |
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If you see Soviet excesses as simply "payback" for German attrocities. . . |
Journeyman |
May-05-05 05:12 PM |
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You misunderstand. The payback of the soviet armies was |
NCevilDUer |
May-05-05 09:25 PM |
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The things Stalin did to the Germans? |
pnb |
May-05-05 02:30 PM |
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More Russians died at Stalin's hands than at Hitler's. |
Pacifist Patriot |
May-05-05 03:12 PM |
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I am acquainted with a Dresden survivor |
UpInArms |
May-05-05 02:43 PM |
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Kurt Vonegut was a POW in Dresden while it was being bombed |
KurtNYC |
May-05-05 02:52 PM |
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Yes, I met a wonderful Dresden survivor a few years ago. |
HuckleB |
May-05-05 03:03 PM |
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Putin is right about this, |
Frederik |
May-05-05 02:44 PM |
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He's right, but can we focus on the present rather than dwell on the past? |
Pacifist Patriot |
May-05-05 02:58 PM |
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If America would deal honestly with its own history, |
K-W |
May-05-05 03:05 PM |
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I can't disagree with you. |
Pacifist Patriot |
May-05-05 03:07 PM |
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Perhaps... |
HuckleB |
May-05-05 03:09 PM |
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Right, Putin obviously isnt a humanitarian, |
K-W |
May-05-05 03:27 PM |
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Good point, although the comments were made |
democracyindanger |
May-05-05 03:58 PM |
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Hmm. |
HuckleB |
May-05-05 02:59 PM |
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I am no supporter of the Dresden bombing |
daleo |
May-05-05 03:00 PM |
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Putin is only doing this because of Bush's actions |
Selatius |
May-05-05 04:23 PM |
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He's taking a well-aimed shot |
Karenina |
May-05-05 05:06 PM |
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He's taking a shot, I'll grant that. |
HuckleB |
May-05-05 09:46 PM |
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hey everybody seems to have forgotten Barbary coast Moroccans |
SlavesandBulldozers |
May-05-05 04:35 PM |
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and. . like a good Christian nation America will ask for forgiveness |
SlavesandBulldozers |
May-05-05 04:45 PM |
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War is insane |
Rex |
May-05-05 09:48 PM |
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And the Red Army represented the epitome of compassion, eh? |
gulfcoastliberal |
May-05-05 10:02 PM |
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On the 50th anniversary of Dresden's bombing, |
ladeuxiemevoiture |
May-05-05 10:10 PM |
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And Berlin? |
cyr330 |
May-05-05 10:14 PM |
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What about the condition of East Berlin after the wall came down. |
Rex |
May-05-05 10:32 PM |
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Urban fighting would do that |
makhno |
May-05-05 11:04 PM |
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ahem |
Kellanved |
May-06-05 04:26 PM |
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The US was not treacherously attacked + did it have to fight for survival |
Violet_Crumble |
May-06-05 05:35 PM |
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Well... |
HuckleB |
May-06-05 05:47 PM |
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if it were only as easy as that |
Kellanved |
May-06-05 06:35 PM |
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Maybe you should read, or watch "Slaughterhouse Five" |
Miss Chybil |
May-06-05 12:14 AM |
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The allies did do this. |
bemildred |
May-06-05 12:30 AM |
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This jackass is responsible for flattening Grozny |
eridani |
May-06-05 12:42 AM |
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Putin's statement is significant, |
JDPriestly |
May-06-05 04:40 PM |
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We never held the moral high ground to begin with. |
Che_Nuevara |
May-06-05 05:44 PM |
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We were viewed as having the moral high ground |
JDPriestly |
May-06-05 06:06 PM |
#75 |
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