I have to disagree, Pat. He was part of the reason, not the reason. The industrial power of the US would have prevailed in the long run.

He was a brutal dictator that murdered at a magnitude that challenges even Hitler. He is virtually indefensable for any type of human rights or even human decency, so calling him a "great communist leader" is a bit misguided, in my opinion. Unless brutality, oppression, and fear are a measure of greatness, Stalin falls far short of great.

"After all, we are not communists"

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