copyright © 2004
by Robert L. Blau
The world is a better place without Joe
Stalin. I tell that to all the skeptics and nay-sayers.
First off, there was the Stalin-Nazi link.
Yeah, maybe the Russians broke Germany's back in the end, and maybe
they sacrificed the most blood in that World War, but Stalin had long
established ties with the Nazis.
Then there were the weapons of mass destruction, a
massive nuclear arsenal aimed at the United States, missiles that could
be fired in minutes. No rogue state can be allowed to possess
such horrific weapons, and the Soviet Union was a rogue state. No
doubt there. Barely removed from barbarism, and Communist to
boot. The United States couldn't possibly live with a
nuclear-armed Communist state. Only a responsible nation, like
the United States, should be allowed to have powerful weapons like
that. We have them, but
we know not to use
them. With the USSR, you could bet
they would.
Ok, so it turned out that they didn't have nukes. I guess
their failure to retaliate in kind for Moscow made that clear.
But they sure as heck were going
to develop nukes. So, we had
to invade. It was the only responsible thing to do.
Who knew it would take this long? No one could
have predicted it at the beginning. The great majority of
Russians welcomed us as liberators. It was just a few Commie
remnants who kept on fighting, but they sure are persistent. That
was why we had to make those other nuclear strikes. But we used
Smart Nukes, so only combatants got killed.
Some America-haters are saying we should pull out of
Russia immediately. What kind of message does that send?
What does it say to the millions of boys who have sacrificed their
lives already? What about the high radiation levels, the dying
forests, the collapsing social infrastructures? Are they saying
all of that was for nothing?
No, removing Stalin was the right decision.
Even if there was no Stalin-Nazi link. (Which I don't admit, even
if all the so-called experts say different!) Even if there were
no weapons of mass destruction. (But he sure as shootin' had WMD
program activities going!) Even if all of that were true, it
makes no difference. Why not? Because Stalin was an evil
dictator. The world is a better place without him.