On Saturday, November 5, 2005 at 3:44:31 PM UTC-5, martin wrote:
Eugene Holman wrote:
In any case, I do
not regard the earliest Soviets as Russian imperialists, nor do I regard the Soviet Union as, essentially, Russia in communist drag, even if its ultimate fate was to be something similar.
No colonial empire has ever
desintegrated as stylishly as the former USSR did, and I have no pangs of conscience, even when thinking about the victims in Vilnius and Riga, when mentioning this.
If the Soviets were not Russia imperialists, how can it be regarded as
a colonial empire?
Regards,
Martin
Russia was occupied by The Soviet Union. The Soviet Union never wanted by more than 30% of Russians at all points after 1975. That is why going against China is more difficult if considered should be as such, because the population in China actually
loves communism.
Why are you here, also, Martin ?
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