According to Soviet historians the Cold War officially began on March 5, 1946. On this day that depraved and bloodthirsty charlatan, Winston Churchill, gave a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. In this speech he made it quite clear, despite some rambling and doubletalk, that the USSR was to regain its place as the West’s archenemy. The erstwhile allies of WWII, or the Great Patriotic War from the Soviet perspective, were destined for a collision course because the capitalist nations always considered communism, not fascism, to be its true enemy; as it was before the Nazis attempted to usurp the British Empire and become Europe’s new dominant power. This is the speech where Churchill coins that propaganda term par excellence, “the iron curtain,” and speaks of a “special relationship” between the U.S. and Britain and indeed all the English-speaking nations. It is hard to endure a bullshit artist’s drivel, but the speech is nevertheless an important historical document simply because it sets the stage for the Cold War and demonstrates the hostile and egomaniacal posture of the Western powers that persists to this very day.
“The Sinews of Peace” Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri – March 5, 1946
Now, if you could get through that, reward yourself by reading Stalin’s enlightened and intelligent response to Churchill’s ravings:
Stalin’s interview with “Pravda” Concerning Churchill’s Fulton Speech – March 1946
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