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deHaga@feddit.uk 6 days agoThe enemy of my enemy is my friend, until the enemy is defeated.
There was no way Churchill was going to allow a Soviet base there. It would have been a massive risk to shipping channels and defence.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Did you even read the article?
deHaga@feddit.uk 5 days ago
Do you know what Stalin did with all the war heroes when they got back from war? Killed the fucking lot because he was scared they’d revolt.
Churchill’s actions no doubt had negative effects, but the net effect was good.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
I don’t care what Stalin did, I’m talking about Churchill and the massacre of the Greek Partisans that literally just played a pivotal role in defeating the Nazis on the isles.
deHaga@feddit.uk 5 days ago
Churchill didn’t massacre anyone you plank. It was the Greek police. Read your own fucking source.
And yes, communism is bad, it’s failed in every single country that’s tried it with 10s of millions of deaths.
As Churchill said, Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others