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Old 11-10-2004, 01:09 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by barrowaj
Kruschev wasn't such a bad guy.
Here's an example: He actually initiated the above ground nuclear test ban treaty at the urgining of wordwide scientists and academia. He just had a bad temper, that's why he was removed from power.
Note that doing some good things doesn't make you a good person. Khrushchev for example may have done good things, but I can't see those things out weighing the oppression of nearly 200 million people. He could have done something to elevate some of that oppression. He didn't.
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