Putin trumpets end of US world power, says Trump listens well

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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's historical fact. USSR, Pol Pot, many more.

[–]allie[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Tell a lie often enough, convincingly enough, and people will begin to believe it. I think we've been lied to.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You honestly think the millions of people who died in the USSR and under Pol Pot are a hoax? Are you serious?

[–]allie[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pol Pot was a CIA asset. The main reason he was put in power was to stop Vietnam from invading Cambodia and taking it over. They felt Pol Pot just wasn't someone who could have been a leader, long term .

There are allegations that the United States (U.S.) supported the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War in order to weaken the influence of Vietnam and the Soviet Union in Southeast Asia. Details of alleged U.S. actions that benefited the Khmer Rouge range from tolerating Chinese and Thai aid to the organization (Henry Kissinger) to directly arming the Khmer Rouge (Michael Haas). The U.S. government officially denies these claims, and Nate Thayer defended U.S. policy, arguing that little, if any, American aid actually reached the Khmer Rouge. However, it is not disputed that the U.S. voted for the Khmer Rouge and the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK), which was dominated by the Khmer Rouge, to retain Cambodia's United Nations (UN) seat until 1982 and 1991, respectively. Furthermore, an investigation by the United States Department of State acknowledged that U.S. material support for the Khmer Rouge's CGDK partners indirectly benefited the Khmer Rouge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_United_States_support_for_the_Khmer_Rouge

Personally I've never seen or read anything that I found particularly convincing. But regardless, true or not, that blood is on our hands.

Imperial Russia had famine after famine. The royals were never much interested in stopping them except seize the food and force the prices up and further enrich themselves. After the Revolution there were two famines. One was going on at the time of the revolution in 1917 and was part of the reason for the revolution. They also had another in the 30s. The only other famine the USSR had. They did a much better job than Imperial Russia.

Tauger, Natural Disaster and Human Actions in the Soviet Famine of 1931-33

Certainly Stalin was a monster who killed or imprisoned many of his old comrades who he thought might be able to displace him. But there's no evidence of any mass murders of the people.

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