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MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin said Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, despite being a tyrant, never would have dropped an atomic bomb like the Americans did at the end of World War II.
“We know Stalin now like never before. He was a dictator and a tyrant, but I very much doubt that in the spring of 1945, if he had been in possession of an atomic bomb, he would have used it against Germany,” Mr. Putin said.
He said Stalin might have used such a weapon in the early 1940s when it could have been a matter of existence for the Soviet Union, but not later on in the war when that was no longer the case. “But the Americans used it against Japan,” he said.
Mr. Putin also highlighted that U.S. history began with “substantial ethnic cleansing” during the settling of North America and noted how former Secretary of State Colin Powell recounted in his book the difficulties of growing up black in the U.S.
The Russian president made the historical observations when asked about US-Russian relations in a round table interview at the new headquarters of the Kremlin-funded television channel RT.
The channel, which launched as Russia Today in 2005 and now broadcasts in English, Spanish and Arabic, interrupted Mr. Putin’s live interview to switch to another with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange about the recent leaks surrounding the U.S. National Security Agency. Mr. Assange at one point was host of a show on RT.
President Vladimir Putin said Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, despite being a tyrant, never would have dropped an atomic bomb like the Americans did at the end of World War II.
Originally posted by coolcatt
reply to post by FlyersFan
That i am sure you don't know... But the US on the other hand drop a atomic boom on japan who didn't have a chance of winning and didn't have a nuclear energy
Originally posted by coolcatt
Its seem like the world has turned on it head russia trying to be the good guy and the U.S.A trying to lock everybody down with power.
Originally posted by coolcatt
Why do I sense another bash America thread forming?
Originally posted by coolcatt
But the US on the other hand drop a atomic boom on japan who didn't have a chance of winning and didn't have a nuclear energy