Most Equally Esteemed Comrades,
PROG WAY OFF
Please indulge me while I vent one of my pet peeves.With apologies Comrade Colonel. I know you did not intentionally cover up for Soviet aggression.
By no stretch of the imagination does the analogy work. Perhaps a better analogy would be less far-fetched fiction and more historical fact, like the Nazi annexation of Poland, which Germany conducted with indefensible justifications exactly as Russia's invasion has been.
All my life I have heard the BIG LIE that Nazi Germany, and Nazi Germany alone, started WWII in Europe. The unspoken part is that the USSR invaded Poland 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded. They were both supposed to invade Poland at the same time, but while the Nazis were organized and punctual, the Soviets were a bit disorganized and couldn't meet the deadline because the Red Army was more of a mob than an organized fighting force at that point. The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact outlined the agreed start of the operation to overrun and divide Poland between the Nazis and Soviets. The Nazis so believed in the agreement that when their army overran the agreed on frontier, they withdrew to the prearranged border as the Red Army approached. Funny, the Soviet involvement is never mentioned in any public reference to the start of WWII. I wonder why?
The invasion of Alaska by Russia was the original plan formulated by Tzar Alexander II. After the Crimean War (1853-1856) things were still a little touchy between the British Empire and the Russian Empire. Russia was a bit short of capital and REALLY wanted to bolster their army. Also, Canada, a part of the British Empire bordered Alaska and would have made a terrific invasion point had the Brits wanted to poke the Bear again. However the United States had just shown the world how to wage a horrific total war and the Russians figured the Brits would not want to tangle with them. The Tzar figured he could sell Alaska to the US, it wasn't really good for much at that time other than furs. The US would stand as an obstacle between the Brits and the Russian Far East. The Tzar was convinced that Russia could take Alaska back any time they wanted. He never got around to it.
PROG BACK ON
Of course the USSR had to invade Poland after the evil Nazis! How else were they going to stop the Nazi aggressors? The fact that they were able to begin offensive operations a mere 16 days after the surprise Nazi invasion shows the degree of nimble readiness of the Red Army at that time.
Red Salmon
Statistics: Posted by Colonel Obyezyana — 11/26/2024, 11:20 am