Marcel Popescu wrote:
> > Claims that Stalin lost because he's now dead and that Pope Pius won
> > because his successors are breeding are a disservice to the debate.
>
> Only for someone who focuses on the highly unimportant physical aspect. The
> Pope never had the intention to conquer Russia with guns. His goal was to
> make the world Catholic. The actual Pope might well live to see that goal
> accomplished. Stalin's goal (which we might assume was to rule over the
> world himself) was definitely NOT accomplished.
if you argue this way, you've got to accept stalin's time-line. given
the fact that the USSR was doing quite ok (according to his preferences)
at the time of his death (half of europe and parts of asia under strong
USSR control), I doubt he died as a loser. it may have crumbled later,
but that's irrelevant.
having lost just because you're dead only counts if your goal was
immortality.
