Great Heros! Geh!

[rasoforos]

Aside from being the greatest mass murderer in history, I am sure he could have been a pretty nice chap.

He saved them from the Nazis. Many nations have murderous as heroes for the same reason.


The Devil you know is better than the Devil you don't.

I find it a bit strange that since you dont have to be ethnic-russian to be on the list, Trotsky doesnt get more votes than Lenin.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

He saved them from the Nazis. Many nations have murderous as heroes for the same reason.

Did he save them where someone else wouldn't have?

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Did he save them where someone else wouldn't have?

I sort of have that reaction to the idea that FDR/Truman lead us to victory in WW2. It was pretty cut-and-dry from the President's seat, I imagine...

[Husar]

I've always thought Hitler was the greatest martyr for he tried to save us from the evil communist jews and the evil capitalist jews until his unfortunate death. It's just too bad that the germans of his time failed him miserably and he had to take the logical consequences and deprive them of their great leader.
His struggle for the german people and his restlessness in trying to achieve this most noble of goals shall be remembered by those who now suffer under the capitalist crisis.
And by the way, he had to kill a few dissenters left and right who tried to spoil the greater good for everyone else but don't let that get in the way of his great achievements and his noble intentions.

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Come on, you can spin everyone into a hero if you use enough relativism...

[rory_20_uk]

On a slightly related note, I do think that the UK should never have taken part in WW2 in Europe. There was no winner as either Hitler or Stalin would emerge victorious. Best remain neutral like Spain, Sweden and Switzerland and fight mainly in the Middle East.