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Yugoslav Partisan
Survivalist86
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Partisan fighter Stjepan "Stevo" Filipovi? shouting "Death to fascism, freedom to the people!" (the Partisan slogan) seconds before his execution.
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If I remember correctly he was declared a national hero by the post war communist government of Yugoslavia. He had a huge staute dedicated to him, which was later torn down by the anti communists in 1991.
He wasn't German...but he had cahones!!! I just hope that if the time ever came, I could be as brave.
P.S. Survivalist do you have some pictures of communist chinese heroes of yours?
P.P.S. This is just too easy...I really must cease and desist[:D]
quote:Originally posted by mark christian
If I remember correctly he was declared a national hero by the post war communist government of Yugoslavia. He had a huge staute dedicated to him, which was later torn down by the anti communists in 1991.
He wasn't German...but he had cahones!!! I just hope that if the time ever came, I could be as brave.
Please don't get the impression that I felt that the man was not brave, clearly he looked his enemies squarely in the face and laughed at them. My feeling is that his core beliefs were misguided. His struggle against the fascists who occupied his country were noble but the communists government which he supported and would eventually rule Yugoslavia was in many ways far worse than the fascist government it replaced. As Beachmaster said, as soon as the people of Yugoslavia had a chance for real freedom they tore down the icons of the old hard line communist government and tossed them into the waste bin.
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quote:Originally posted by Survivalist86
quote:Originally posted by mark christian
If I remember correctly he was declared a national hero by the post war communist government of Yugoslavia. He had a huge staute dedicated to him, which was later torn down by the anti communists in 1991.
He wasn't German...but he had cahones!!! I just hope that if the time ever came, I could be as brave.
Please don't get the impression that I felt that the man was not brave, clearly he looked his enemies squarely in the face and laughed at them. My feeling is that his core beliefs were misguided. His struggle against the fascists who occupied his country were noble but the communists government which he supported and would eventually rule Yugoslavia was in many ways far worse than the fascist government it replaced. As Beachmaster said, as soon as the people of Yugoslavia had a chance for real freedom they tore down the icons of the old hard line communist government and tossed them into the waste bin.
I cannot say I agree with Mahatma Gandhi, however he had a serious set of cajones.
If having a set is your criteria for a hero, you can add Saddam Hussein to your list.
I would not call him a hero, but he had ballz. He also managed to keep warring factions in check, and keep the Iranians at bay. I am not condoning genocide, nor am I saying I approve of his dictator style of government, but maybe we should have thought about that before propping him up, and maybe we would not have the Iranian problem if Iraq were there as a counter weight.
Our foreign policy has been very shortsighted for the last 50 years. We keep setting up tin pot dictators because they serve our political interests at the time. Then we eventually demonize them, and knock them down.
I think that the scum we are supporting today, will be our future problems, specifically the House of Saud and Pervez Musharraf. Just my opinion.