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A hero who was a megalomaniacal mass murderer who killed any and all who had the audacity to speak their mind.

Ask any Jewish person what they think of Stalin.

People can take note of this - Stalin fought the Nazis and liberated Auschwitz and other concentration camps, with over ten million Russian soldiers sacrificing their lives in the process. So who does this person say Jews hate? Stalin. Reflect on this gratitude the next time you hear someone lamenting that the world did not care when the German right began mistreating Jews...

In another context, ask any Palestinian what he thinks of the foreigners who invaded his home in the 1940s, and massacred his kin and are continuing to increase the bloody settlement of his land...

Don't think for a second that the U.S.S.R. (which was more than Russia) fought the Nazis to free the Jews. Before Hitler stabbed Stalin right in the back Stalin's regime had zero qualms about turning Jews over to the tender care of the Nazis.

The fact that the Soviets freed concentration camp victims as they came across the camps afterwards is admirable, but that wasn't why the Soviets were fighting, just as the U.S. wasn't fighting just to save the Jews.

over ten million Russian soldiers sacrificing their lives in the process.

Why should we applaud Stalin for the sacrifices of his men?

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