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Machiavellian? No he was just ruthless and that has it's own competence, fear is a great motivator. Lincoln was Machiavellian, FDR, Ghandi, Mao, and Ho Chi Minh also. Stalin got caught penis in hand when Hitler attacked, drove his nation to poverty with failed programs and died loveless and hated by those around him. He had no great legacy but fear and dispair. Recent attempts to justify and rewrite his history are just dissident fools out of touch with the reality of those times longing for a greatness he did not create, but stole from a brave people. Any good, any positive event or time during his reign is a result of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the Russian people, certainly nothing to do with him. I say this because I replayed the battles they fought on giant hexigon boards using accurate playing pieces during my stint in ROTC in the 70's, those guys had huevos.

<blockquote data-quote="clarkatticus" data-source="post: 160789" data-attributes="member: 3245">Machiavellian? No he was just ruthless and that has it&#039;s own competence, fear is a great motivator. Lincoln was Machiavellian, FDR, Ghandi, Mao, and Ho Chi Minh also. Stalin got caught penis in hand when Hitler attacked, drove his nation to poverty with failed programs and died loveless and hated by those around him. He had no great legacy but fear and dispair. Recent attempts to justify and rewrite his history are just dissident fools out of touch with the reality of those times longing for a greatness he did not create, but stole from a brave people. Any good, any positive event or time during his reign is a result of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the Russian people, certainly nothing to do with him. I say this because I replayed the battles they fought on giant hexigon boards using accurate playing pieces during my stint in ROTC in the 70&#039;s, those guys had huevos.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clarkatticus, post: 160789, member: 3245"] Machiavellian? No he was just ruthless and that has it's own competence, fear is a great motivator. Lincoln was Machiavellian, FDR, Ghandi, Mao, and Ho Chi Minh also. Stalin got caught penis in hand when Hitler attacked, drove his nation to poverty with failed programs and died loveless and hated by those around him. He had no great legacy but fear and dispair. Recent attempts to justify and rewrite his history are just dissident fools out of touch with the reality of those times longing for a greatness he did not create, but stole from a brave people. Any good, any positive event or time during his reign is a result of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the Russian people, certainly nothing to do with him. I say this because I replayed the battles they fought on giant hexigon boards using accurate playing pieces during my stint in ROTC in the 70's, those guys had [U]huevos[/U]. [/QUOTE]

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