Originally Posted by cykoe6

One thing that people need to understand about the crimes of the Soviets (which are horrific in scale) is that millions of Russians suffered and died along with the Ukrainians, Chechens, Latvians etc. It is not accurate to place the blame for all the atrocities on the Russian people.

Leninist/Marxist ideology was an intellectual sickness which afflicted many different groups and cultures. The Russians themselves are no more culpable then the Western intellectuals who subsidized and supported Lenin and Stalin's crimes against humanity. For the most part Russians were victims just like everyone else of a dedicated minority of madmen who were cheered on by the western leftists and intellectual sitting in cafés in New York and Paris.

Lenin and Stalin's crimes would not have been possible without active support and a dedicated propaganda effort from European and American leftists. They have the same blood on their hands as any Chekist...... they just did their dirty work form the safety of the "decadent" West.

If you doubt my point just think about this....... how many times have you seen some useful idiot wearing a t-shirt with the face of the notorious Marxist mass murderer Che Guevara? Before people go blaming the Russians they might want to take a look at themselves.