# Be an American Communist for me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-an-american-communist-for-me/360912>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 16, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-an-american-communist-for-me/360912 "2006-06-16T12:03:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-an-american-communist-for-me/360912/21 "2006-06-20T19:30:19Z")

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[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber]  
3. That their occupation of eastern Poland and southeastern Finland were not aggrandizing acts but necessary defensive moves against Germany  
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Communists weren’t the only ones capable of buying that. If can find it, view the 1943 film [_Mission to Moscow._](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_to_moscow)

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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-an-american-communist-for-me/360912/22 "2006-06-20T21:57:35Z")

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[QUOTE=pseudotriton ruber ruber]  
Not sure what he means by “aggrandizing acts” in item 3, but this seems to cover much of the territory we’ve been getting at.  
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I’m pretty sure he means they weren’t imperialist in nature.

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