On 4/29/07, Perelman, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The US made the same sort of mistake linking with fundamentalists in Afghan. It is not just the number of divisions. Was Stalin saying he would link with the Pope if he had enough divisions or was he just dismissing the Pope?
In this case, Stalin asked rhetorical questions to dismiss the Pope, but in other cases he made peace with all sorts of political forces and entities, from the Nazis to FDR, and he conducted himself similarly toward Muslims and other religious groups inside the USSR and the actual and potential Soviet spheres of influence. Today's liberals and leftists of the sort who are expressing interest in the Muslim Brothers and the like, however, are obviously a little more discriminating in their alliance than Stalin. At the same time, it's clear that no one would take a look at them if they are politically insignificant. -- Yoshie
