April 25, 2005

The Greatest Geopolitical Catastrophe of the Century

Which of these was, according to Putin, was The Greatest Geopolitical Catastrophe of the Century?
  • The starvation of 7 million Ukrainians under Stalin's forced collectivization program?
  • Mao's Great Leap Forward, which starved tens of millions of Chinese?
  • Hitler's murder of 6 million Jews, 3 million Soviet prisoners of war, and countless others?
  • The inability of the United Nations and national governments to prevent the killing of 800,000 people in Rwanda?
  • The fall of the Soviet Union?
No points for guessing, but jeez, whatta Maroon.

2 Comments:

Blogger VMM said...

Maybe he meant "geographical disaster". Lots of maps had to be replaced, if you'll recall.

April 25, 2005 at 7:16 PM  
Blogger The Sum of All Monkeys said...

Ah Mother Russia.

Thanks to Putin, they're keeping their 200 year old tradition of "2 steps forward, one step back."

April 26, 2005 at 8:46 AM  

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