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I haven't seen the show BainsBane Jan 2013 #1
Yes. What I have posted is just my initial impression from the first two episodes. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #2
Platoon was real and factual larkrake Jan 2013 #55
A lot of people are Oliver Stone naysayers, Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #3
A Balanced Response Protalker Jan 2013 #4
^ Agree with you ^ Mimosa Jan 2013 #31
agreed. eom ellenfl Jan 2013 #33
+1! uponit7771 Jan 2013 #52
+1. Bonobo Jan 2013 #76
Parts 1, 2, & 3 on Youtube allrevvedup Jan 2013 #5
Thanks for the links. n/t Waiting For Everyman Jan 2013 #43
Parts 4 - 8 Catherina Jan 2013 #45
Darlin' ,I just knew you would be able to post the rest of the links I have been looking for!!! dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #47
I HAD to find them! Catherina Jan 2013 #48
Thanks for the links everyone, on to episode 3. It'll be a long night. Very interesting. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #53
It was a long night and I'm still not done lol n/t Catherina Jan 2013 #62
That last quote is so prophetically accurate. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2013 #59
Chilling isn't it? Catherina Jan 2013 #63
Yes, very prophetic. allrevvedup Jan 2013 #69
Amazing quotes from Wallace... AntiFascist Jan 2013 #74
Oh yay! Now we get to see him shit on Clinton... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #67
Are you sure he does? allrevvedup Jan 2013 #68
The ending of the last video posted suggests it, yeah... Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #71
Multiple thank yous. n/t Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 #81
It's bullshit. Confusious Jan 2013 #6
Parts 1 and 2 at least are pretty standard fare. allrevvedup Jan 2013 #7
Part 3 is excellent. In fact they all are. allrevvedup Jan 2013 #19
Like I said, they're bullshit Confusious Jan 2013 #21
I'll keep that perspective in mind, but I still want to finish watching the series. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #28
So did our history books when I was coming up, even at the college level. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #36
balanced? We get the rose colored glasses edition in school larkrake Jan 2013 #54
What brutal facts? Confusious Jan 2013 #58
We certainly killed civilians by design in Dresden, and the British did the same in Berlin DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2013 #64
I was hoping you would have something new to say Confusious Jan 2013 #79
Why don't you point out some specific points you find to be 'bullshit'? Bluenorthwest Jan 2013 #84
I already did, but you seem to want to get your outrage on Confusious Jan 2013 #87
What is bullshit, exactly? DanTex Jan 2013 #29
And we fought the NAZIs in Africa Confusious Jan 2013 #37
I think something happened over by Japan too. Neoma Jan 2013 #40
Nah, the russians forced the surrender of Japan Confusious Jan 2013 #41
The war in North Africa was essentially a sideshow. DanTex Jan 2013 #83
They do Confusious Jan 2013 #85
But the Italian campaign was pretty small in the scheme of things. DanTex Jan 2013 #86
As a part, yes, as a whole, no. Confusious Jan 2013 #88
But before D-day, there was (almost) no fighting on the Western Front. DanTex Jan 2013 #89
I think we CAN say that it's bullshit Confusious Jan 2013 #91
R you kidding me? Botany Jan 2013 #8
I am not saying he wasn't a brutal dictator. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #9
When you find yourself saying "I'm not saying Stalin wasn't the most evil person ever, BUT..." Recursion Jan 2013 #15
"the most evil person ever". redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #17
Body count usually is a good judge Confusious Jan 2013 #22
The big question is, can one directly pin the famines on #1 and #2 of these three. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #30
Yes you can pin it on them Confusious Jan 2013 #38
No-one is saying Stalin was a good guy. Just recognizing historical facts newthinking Jan 2013 #72
I didn't say anything you just stated Confusious Jan 2013 #77
So who starved all those people during the drought years in the US? malaise Jan 2013 #11
OMG. Seriously? Recursion Jan 2013 #14
FDR had to send them help because they were starving malaise Jan 2013 #20
lack of understanding about the prairie environment was 75% of the reason .... Botany Jan 2013 #27
Stalin was the world's greatest mass murderer 1-Old-Man Jan 2013 #10
I have to disagree that Stalin was worse than Hitler. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #16
potential ones Confusious Jan 2013 #26
Re-watch Stone's own picture. He downplayed it and left out most of the details but even he tells Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #56
Some of us can seperate the sacrifice and contribution of the Russian people newthinking Jan 2013 #73
Really? Can you? Confusious Jan 2013 #80
I'd agree with you insofar as saying Stalin had a huge influence on the 20th century DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2013 #65
Haven't seen Oliver Stone's version but did see a Russian documentary on Stalin lunatica Jan 2013 #12
The brutality of Stalin's is perhaps underrepresented in the Stone documentary. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #13
Stalin's life is definitely a lesson on how to be a dictator lunatica Jan 2013 #18
I'm not trying to excuse the mass murders he commited against his political enemies. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #25
The main point I got from the WWII episodes WCGreen Jan 2013 #23
Exactly, maybe people should actually watch it. newthinking Jan 2013 #75
real history vs Oliver Stone History Botany Jan 2013 #24
^ Agree with you ^ Mimosa Jan 2013 #32
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #34
A terrific series. And history as most of the world knows it Catherina Jan 2013 #35
Oliver Stone is a conspiracy nut, tin foil hat wearing, moron. period. crazyjoe Jan 2013 #39
+ Confusious Jan 2013 #42
Stone is a far-left propaganda shit spreader. Archae Jan 2013 #46
Umm, yes, Stone does go into the atrocities in Berlin. redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #66
Stone's son... Puha Ekapi Jan 2013 #51
Apple/Tree otohara Jan 2013 #60
I think it's great.. Upton Jan 2013 #44
Same here Catherina Jan 2013 #49
Good grief. Stalin murdered millions of his own countrymen... lanlady Jan 2013 #50
The Untold History of the US ReRe Jan 2013 #57
Folks, try to keep these two facts in mind DerekG Jan 2013 #61
Bingo. The Soviet (as they were known back then) military lost between 8,800,000 to.... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #70
Then it sounds like their gov't was courageous and tenacious also. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2013 #82
Max Hastings' book ... Straw Man Jan 2013 #78
I was thinking something similar today... redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #90
kick for more feedback steve2470 Jan 2013 #92
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