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To: Bilow who wrote (36649)	8/9/2002 11:06:39 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

The historical fact is that Stalin had nuclear weapons, but did not "extend his power from behind that nuclear shield". That's just not correct Carl.. The Korean conflict was a direct result of Stalin "blessing" an attack upon the south. And considering that Stalin died in 1953, he spent most of the post WWII era developing nuclear weapons, and consolidating the TREMENDOUS territorial gains Russia had gained control over after the war (Poland, Czechoslovakia, 1/2 of Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Baltic states, Azerbijian.. hmmm... did I forget any??) He was only supposed to "occupy" those states temporarily until elections and stability could be restored. But once he had that "nuclear shield" in 1949 (after stealing it from us), there was no way he was going to give up those "buffer states" between the west and "mother russia". And his reign of terror continued upon his death as communist insurgencies were pursued around the world, each eventually failing and/or leaving nothing but shattered economies and devastated lives. Hawk

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