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Originally Posted by Missileer Oh, I think it's very relevant and necessary since the USSR was a world threat. And, by the way, overusing a word like "pedantic" is not a good idea, it smacks of pseudo-intellectualism. |
Seeing as this thread is about why WW2 happened, I don't think it has any relevance to the topic at hand. 'Pedantic' just happened to be the most approriate word I had to hand. I'm not sure why you attach that label to it - it's just a word after all. And I only used it once.
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Originally Posted by Missileer There was a USSR is the key statement here, if you think Russia is anywhere near where the Union was militarily, you are mistaken. President Reagan raised the stakes and the USSR fell like a house of cards. As for their politics and ideology, I think the Russian brand of Marxism is dead and buried. |
Again, this has no relevance to the topic at hand. Your reply smacks of jingoism if I'm honest.
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Originally Posted by Missileer I think I'll ask for references on this statement. of mass exterminations by the Allies because I don't believe it. If you're trying to match the holocaust with anything perpetrated by the Allies, you are ignoring written, oral, living, and filmed history. |
I don't have much to add to what Ollie Garchy posted but one of the 'Allies' in WW2, a certain Mr Stalin, was not a very nice man.