Hitler was worse than Stalin

[Berkut]

It's kind of nice that he semi-acknowledges Soviet oppression post-WWII but to call it imposing a "model of development" is an interesting choice of words. 

He'll occasionally acknowledge that the Soviet Union did bad things, but he has to immediately follow up by slinging shit at everyone else.

What is stupid is that the facts immediately contradict his comment.

"After the Second World War, we tried to impose on East European countries our model of development and did it by force"

OK, this is certainly true, the USSR used force to impose their political and economic model on Eastern Europe.

"By the way, Americans are behaving in the same manner, trying to impose their model practically worldwide,"

That is clearly false. American might be trying to impose our model worldwide (it isn't really *our* model per se though), but there is one rather key difference. We aren't doing it by force. Liberal capitalism isn't spread, with very, very few exceptions, by T-62s or M-1s rolling into other countries. Rather, it has spread simply by offering a better alternative than the options.

Iraq never happened.

Do you understand what the word "exception" means?

[Valmy]

Yeah but now we have that hanging over our heads forever. Thanks guy-before-Obama.

[Maladict]

I notice you never come across anybody named Hitler much anymore these days, but I wonder if Germans still name boys Adolf?

I know several people born in the late 40s and 50s who have Adolph as their second or third name. The stigma attached to Adolf/Adolph only started in the 70s iirc.

[Valmy]

The situation is not helped by Hitler not even being the only unspeakably vile Adolf in Nazi Germany.

[Eddie Teach]

The situation is not helped by Hitler not even being the only unspeakably vile Adolf

Do you hate the SEC that much? 

[Valmy]

Are you suggesting UK Basketball are the real Nazis? I cannot disagree.

[grumbler]

Iraq never happened.

You sound confused.

[Razgovory]

It is still used in spanish, Adolfo.

English speakers don't name their boys Jesus either.

Is this some kind of weird Canadian joke?

[Eddie Teach]

Levon calls his child Jesus, cause he likes the name.

[Malthus]

The US invaded Iraq to force the Iraqis to become capitalist? 

[Razgovory]

The US invaded Iraq to force the Iraqis to become capitalist? 

Kinda.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_reform_of_Iraq

[Valmy]

The US invaded Iraq to force the Iraqis to become capitalist? 

Saddam political party was theoretically socialist right? But part of the plan was to reform them as a capitalist liberal democracy so then they would be just like Germany and Japan.

[Malthus]

The US invaded Iraq to force the Iraqis to become capitalist? 

Saddam political party was theoretically socialist right? But part of the plan was to reform them as a capitalist liberal democracy so then they would be just like Germany and Japan.

Right, but that was hardly the inspiration for invading them. There are plently of countries that are not "capitalist liberal democracies" that the US never thought of invading. 

The actual reasons had more to do with the history with Saddam, and wanting him gone.

[derspiess]

Saddam political party was theoretically socialist right?

Among other things.  The entire Ba'athist movement was/is bizarre and fascinating.

[Valmy]

True but the Soviet Union occupying Poland and company was not really out of Communist zeal either 

There were certainly some in the US who were presenting this as a way to spread American ideas. It didn't work but that was never our primary strategy to make everybody adopt our way of life. We certainly did not force Russia to become capitalists or liberals of any sort. They pretended to do that on their own.