William Blum’s assessment of the Soviet Union

From William Blum’s Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II:“History does not tell us what a Soviet Union, allowed to develop in a ‘normal’ way of its own choosing, would look like today. We do know, however, the nature of the Soviet Union attacked in its cradle, raised alone in an extremely hostile world, and, when managed to survive to adulthood, overrun by the Nazi war machine war machine with the blessings of the Western powers. The resulting insecurities and fears have inevitably led to deformities of character not unlike that found in an individual raised in a similar life-threatening manner. We in the West are never allowed to forget the political shortcomings (real and alleged) of the Soviet Union; at the same time we are never reminded of the history which lies behind it. The anti-communist propaganda campaign began even earlier than the military intervention. Before the year 1918 was over, expressions in the vein of ‘Red Peril,’ the Bolshevik assault on Civilization,’ and ‘menace to world by Reds is seen’ had become commonplace in the pages of the New York Times.”How accurate do you feel this assessment is? via /r/communism https://ift.tt/2JZyyzG