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Letter from Dr. Roger MacMillan

Repeating History

One reads with dismay and horror about the destruction and atrocities being committed by the Russian forces in the present war in the Ukraine. Apparently such activity has a precedent by such forces
in the past.

In the memoirs written by George Kennan, the noted American diplomat and historian, he wrote of the Soviet westward advance in World War II between Berlin and Moscow as they “liberated” this region. “The disaster that befell this area with the entry of the Soviet forces has no parallel in modern European experience. There were … sections where … scarcely a man, woman, or child was left alive after the initial passage of the Soviet forces. The Russians … swept the native population clean in a manner that had no parallel since the days of the Asiatic hordes.” This was written over 50 years ago!

Apparently the saying about history repeating itself once again is verified. So sad…

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  1. The day Russia invaded Ukraine, Trump called Putin a genius. We are all seeing what a bunch of thugs the Russians are – and how unAmerican Trump was to praise them

  2. The day Russia invaded Ukraine, Trump called Putin a genius. We are all seeing what a bunch of thugs the Russians are – and how unAmerican Trump was to praise them

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