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Old 29-07-2014, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by LewisM View Post
Knowing a lot of older Russian/Soviet people, and having spoken to them at great length, I can assure you not ONE of them liked Khrushchev. He laid the foundations for a lot of ill in the USSR that permeates even today (notably, gifting Crimea to Ukraine and other bad decisions).
Lewis, unfortunately bad Decisions made in the past and today will always come back to haunt us in the future.
The current Middle East conflict is a classic example.
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