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2008-09-09 Europe

Poland: Former Communist officials to stand trial for for '81 martial law

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Posted by mrp 2008-09-09 11:40|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I agree with Fred's comments. Furthermore, I dislike the idea of putting a dictator on trial if there's been a peaceful transfer of power to a democratic government; it merely provides a disincentive to future peaceful transfers of power.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-09-09 16:19|| 2008-09-09 16:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I used to think of Jaruzelski as just another rat bastard dictator until I saw him in a TV interview. The interviewer said basically, you did all sorts of bad things and Jaruzelski replied yeah, but I kept the Russians out. I think that pretty much sums it up.

Posted by SteveS 2008-09-09 20:49|| 2008-09-09 20:49|| Front Page Top

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