Which Leader Was Worse????????

CCIP · 01-15-06, 10:58 PM

Comparatively speaking, perhaps. The image of Stalin is a little overplayed in the West as compared to his worldwide influence. He was far more internally-oriented than the West might like to assume.

The Cold War is a little beyond Stalin I think, especially in terms of its spread and development beyond Europe - where it would get hot, and so forth. And arguing whose fault the whole thing was would be a bit more difficult than, say, whose fault the Holocaust had been. I'd say Stalin isn't significantly more to blame than, say, FDR/Truman or Churchill, although he's clearly not the nicer of the bunch :hmm:

View Poll Results: Which leader was worse?????
Joseph Stalin (~27 million dead)	18	51.43%
Adolf Hitler (~6 million dead)	17	48.57%
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01-15-06, 10:58 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Comparatively speaking, perhaps. The image of Stalin is a little overplayed in the West as compared to his worldwide influence. He was far more internally-oriented than the West might like to assume. The Cold War is a little beyond Stalin I think, especially in terms of its spread and development beyond Europe - where it would get hot, and so forth. And arguing whose fault the whole thing was would be a bit more difficult than, say, whose fault the Holocaust had been. I'd say Stalin isn't significantly more to blame than, say, FDR/Truman or Churchill, although he's clearly not the nicer of the bunch :hmm: __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)