"Uncle Joe" even fooled FDR. Man, the naievete of the Left folkies in those days was amazing!

I always had doubts about Stalin and never praised him even if I didn't know what was really going on. I don't like militarists of any stripe whether they emerge as monsters like Stalin or not. I go with Smedley Butler.

I think that biographers, journalists, filmakers and historians who are sympathetic to Progressive ideas are afraid of the Rethuglicans making hay out of the excesses of the Political Left which apparently they have done successfully.

That said, there is no Centrist position. It's a myth.

"They say in Harlan County, all centrists are in flight.
You'll either be in the Union
Or a thug for the political Right."

Which side are you on?

Frank