http://www.venik4.com/2009/08/victims-with-guns/ World politics: gripes, grumbles, and occasional analysis Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.venik4.com/2009/08/victims-with-guns/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 kvs Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:37:32 +0000 http://www.venik4.com/?p=28897#comment-1206 Western "history" is nothing more than jingoistic propaganda. The so-called carve up of "Poland" is never put in context or even detailed by various BBC, CBC and US documentaries. The fact that Poland invaded Ukrainian and Belorussian territory during the chaos that followed the Russian revolution is never mentioned. A map of the "carve up" happens to coincide with pre-WWI Russian Empire borders. If Stalin was merely carving up Poland he would have grabbed much more. Almost 100,000 Soviet POWs died in Polish prison camps in the wake of its invasion. But Katyn is endlessly trumpeted as an attrocity of biblical proportions without a single word about the fate of Soviet POWs. Katyn was Stalin's payback. Also, the this "pact" was nothing more than a stalling tactic by Stalin that helped the USSR increase its military potential by a significant fraction. The "pact" was one of the few good things that Stalin did and the Soviet government knew that Hitler would launch an attack. Given the fealty of the Baltic Republics and Finland to Hitler at the time, and facing a genocidal Nazi regime with a clear policy of racial extermination, Stalin was right to secure Hitler controlled borderlands in a pre-emptive move. Western “history” is nothing more than jingoistic propaganda. The so-called carve up of “Poland” is never put in context or even detailed by various BBC, CBC and US documentaries. The fact that Poland invaded Ukrainian and Belorussian territory during the chaos that followed the Russian revolution is never mentioned. A map of the “carve up” happens to coincide with pre-WWI Russian Empire borders. If Stalin was merely carving up Poland he would have grabbed much more. Almost 100,000 Soviet POWs died in Polish prison camps in the wake of its invasion. But Katyn is endlessly trumpeted as an attrocity of biblical proportions without a single word about the fate of Soviet POWs. Katyn was Stalin’s payback. Also, the this “pact” was nothing more than a stalling tactic by Stalin that helped the USSR increase its military potential by a significant fraction. The “pact” was one of the few good things that Stalin did and the Soviet government knew that Hitler would launch an attack. Given the fealty of the Baltic Republics and Finland to Hitler at the time, and facing a genocidal Nazi regime with a clear policy of racial extermination, Stalin was right to secure Hitler controlled borderlands in a pre-emptive move.

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