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Good point, but the general environment among libs has shifted in favor of Reagan and especially Bush due to :cheeto-man:

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Democrats consider Dubya a Democrat like Republicans do Kennedy.

I think we’ve officially reached the peak of ridiculousness.

Basically, Paulus was the leading general during the Battle of Stalingrad, from which he was captured and held as a POW. Most sources that I have seen state that he did not really alter his views until 1944 (after the assassination attempt on Hitler), when he vocally condemned the Nazis and joined the National Committee for a Free Germany. According to the Jewish Virtual Library for example, Paulus called for “German officers to disobey Hitler’s orders…Hitler ordered that Paulus’ entire family should be imprisoned in a concentration camp”. Ultimately, his condemnation of the Nazis did also guarantee his return back to the GDR in 1953, 2 years earlier than other POWs.

As for his pro-Soviet sentiments, I probably could have worded that slightly better. Most of his sentiments seemed not so much pro-Soviet as more pro-peaceful unification without interference by the United States. While I don’t like referring to Wikipedia much, it does provide quotes that show how Paulus advocated for both reconciliation between East and West and the re-unification of Germany (to me, it seems similar to Stalin’s Plan from 1952 for German re-unification). But he largely, he played more of a role as a historian rather than a politician until he died in 1957. I’ll link some sources below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Paulus#After_Stalingrad_and_postwar https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/friedrich-paulus

Da, I am Agent #69420 of Putin’s infiltration force.

Or telling me that there are clear medical care disparities for black people that Covid has only made more apparent!

It’s almost identical to Obama’s cabinet back in 2009

I guess the libs got the new Obama they wanted after all.

Your point is true and completely right, but considering how Bolton jumped ship to the Dems (who really encourage him just as much), it’s somewhat hampered as of now.