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Old 02-26-2008, 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by FromRussiaWithLove View Post
Why does everyone always sleep on Russia? In WWII, Stalin had the country up and running within 5 years with the highest GDP. Without the USSR's help, the U.S. wouldn't have been able to defeat the German might. Does anyone actually think that if push comes to shove, Putin wouldn't do the same? That's a grave mistake.
I've never once tried to sleep on Russia. Honest R/L. But now that you bring up Russias Rise again in the World stage, do you think we'll ever see a dime of the money we sent them during WWII?

Hundreds of $Millions sent on the Lend/Lease Program...And Stalin never even gave us a kiss, after he screwed us.
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