[lbo-talk] "full of shit"

[Grant Lee]

Chris said:

>  In my opinion, Trotsky
> (not that I am overwhelmingly knowledgeable) was a good writer, obviously
an
> able military commander, and a rather mediocre political thinker.

Merely "able"? He virtually created the Red Army and I don't think there can
be much doubt that if Trotsky had still been in charge the army would have
responded better and quicker to the Nazi invasion. I mean, I doubt that he
would have purged _35,000_ Red Army officers in 1937-38, as Stalin did.