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UNCLE JOE VS. THE DUKE

· Thursday, July 31, 2003 · 1 comment

MSNBC reports

Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was so outraged at the anti-communism of film star John Wayne that he plotted to have him murdered, according to a new biography of the American icon.

Yet another reason to dislike Stalin.

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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm vet. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

  1. Spoons says:
    Thursday, 31 July 2003 at 20:56

    Oh, that DOES it!

    I don’t like Stalin, now.

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