Saddam and Stalin

[JBFRAME at aol.com]

In a message dated 03/20/2003 7:02:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
quail at libyrinth.com writes:


> Once, when questioned about the paradox inherent in his love of  Stalin and
> his hatred of communism, Saddam remarked, "Stalin -- a communist?" To
> Saddam, Stalin was a nationalist dictator, not a true Marxist at all. "He
> Who Confronts" never really viewed "The Man of Steel" as anything but a
> 

...Considering the history of J.V. Stalin's career, it's not hard to agree 
with this view.  Stalin started out as a bank robber & Okhrana mole in the 
Bolshevik organization.  Karl Marx would have ended up in Lubyanka or the 
Gulag had he been around in 20th century Russia.

love & peace

jbf
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