The original purpose of the thread was to celebrate the end of the war in Europe. THE END. No mentioned anything about their political views of the countries involved until you started bashing every country involved in the war. I never said anyone was 'good', I simply mentioned at one point that, regardless of whatever else they may have done, the Soviet Union deserves some credit for participating in the one particular thing this thread was about: ending WWII (still talking about the European front here, of course). Yes, I'm aware that Nazis still exist, I've met some personally. The war, or at least the European front, was started by a government run by Nazis. These same government officials orchestrated the deaths of some 6 million-plus innocent people in addition to those who died in the war. While I suppose one could make an arguement that Neo-Nazis arn't like Hitler and his buddies (it would have to be a VERY convincing arguement), you can't deny that the men in power at the time, who happened to all be Nazis, started it all. Therefore, most sane people would be glad that the war is over. It doesnt matter that the winning side was not made of perfect, shining examples of virtue. They helped end the war and the slaughter of millions, and that is cause for remembrance. Which was the whole point of this, until you came in.