re: #333 HappyWarrior
Yep exactly.
It took until 1939 and 3 unbelievably cynical acts to finally awaken western intellectuals to the dangers of communism: The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which gave Hitler a free hand against Poland, the co-invasion of Poland with the Nazis, and the attack on Finland that led to the Winter War of 1939-40. The Finns put up a hell of a fight, but they were eventually forced to agree to a Soviet dictated armistice.