6. Be very clear. Lenin...and Stalin... used
famine and starvation as government policy.
And Franklin Roosevelt knew it....and shrugged.
So much for any idea that he had a 'moral compass.'
a. As one of his friends later recalled, "Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov (Lenin) had the courage to come out and
say openly that famine would have numerous positive results...Famine, he explained....would bring about the next stage more rapidly, and usher in socialism, the stage that necessarily followed capitalism. Famine would also destroy faith, not only in the tsar, but in God, too." "The Black Book of Communism," p.123-124.
b. "The present moment favors us....
With the help of all those starving people who are starting to eat each other, who are dying by the millions, and whose bodies litter the roadside all over the country, it is now and only now, that we can-and therefore must-
confiscate all church property with all the ruthless energy we can muster....Our only hope is the despair engendered in the masses by the famine, which will cause them to look at us in a favorable light or at the very least, with indifference." Lenin, March 19, 1922
"For humankind at large Lenin had nothing but scorn: ...individual human beings held for Lenin almost no interest..." Richard Pipes, "The Unknown Lenin," p. 10
"Low estimates on the deaths from this famine are about 3 million; high estimates go up to 10 million - which would probably have been much higher if not for foreign relief efforts..."
Lenin and the First Communist Revolutions VII
"Aid from outside Russia was initially rejected. The
American Relief Administration(ARA), which
Herbert Hooverhad formed to help the starvation of
World War I, had offered assistance to Lenin in 1919, on condition that they have full say over the
Russianrailway network and hand out food impartially to all.
Lenin refused this as interference in Russian internal affairs."
Russian famine of 1921 - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Yet Roosevelt couldn't wait to embrace this psycho-pathological dynasty!
As one of his earliest acts as President, he offered them America's imprimatur!
Hence, the title of this thread: 'Russian and American History: Tied Together,' by Franklin Roosevelt