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I don't want to speak well of the USSR/Russia but it's not hard to make an argument that they left Eastern Europe in an orderly way... well at the end. Honestl
by hackeraccount 5y ago
I don't want to speak well of the USSR/Russia but it's not hard to make an argument that they left Eastern Europe in an orderly way... well at the end. Honestly between Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and others there were some bad times in the there.
- Razengan 5y ago> I don't want to speak well of the USSR/Russia Why?
- HideousKojima 5y agoThe multiple genocides and general suppression of human rights?
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- Razengan 5y agoWould you add a similar disclaimer before pointing something positive about the U.S. because they’ve done some bad shit too, like, I dunno, being the only nation to actually nuke another?
- mc32 5y agoGorbachov left the Eastern Block in relative peace I would say. Afghanistan of course was an exception.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoWasn't the Soviet Union pretty much done with Afghanistan when Gorbachov took over in 1985?
- rich_sasha 5y agoCzechoslovakia and Romania made attempts at leaving peacefully and that didn't go so well. Though yes, in the end it was "fine".
- sbalea 5y agoWorth noting that there was no Russian presence in Romania at the fall of communism back in '89. Russian military withdrew peacefully starting in '58 through early 60s.