Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
Well, they didn't let that stop them from massacring Poles in WWII, so there's that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre
Yeah their secret police (NKVD) carried these atrocities out, not regular Soviet soldiers. So you're actually supporting my argument. Only extreme loyalists could carry out genocide. Now does Putin have loyalists made of the same stuff Stalin had? Does Putin command the same respect and authority?