Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you! (Alternative translation of the Russian: We will dig you in.)
Nikita Khrushchev, to Western diplomats, November 18, 1956 at a diplomatic reception. He later denied that he meant it literally but that, as Marx said, Communism was the grave digger of capitalism and that it was the Western proletariat who would topple capitalism in the West and not the Soviet Union.
Nina Khrushchev, Granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev
Sometimes I hear people who view with alarm the complexities and the dangers of the contemporary world claim to be nostalgic for the Cold War. As someone who lived through most of the Cold War, with the free world locked in a seemingly never ending conflict with  totalitarian enemies, and the threat of instant nuclear annihilation always hovering on the horizon, I do not miss it at all.
I read Khrushchev’s memoirs ages ago, truly fascinating, for instance referring to the building of the Berlin wall as “the establishment of border control” apparently oblivious to the fact that in most of the world border control refers to keeping people out.
Otoh, he does at least admit (to some extent) the role Lend-Lease played in the Soviet war effort.
Btw, the translator noted that “we will bury you” is not as aggressive as it sounds, according to him it means more like “we will dance at your funeral”.
Of course, half of Khrushchev’s statements/behavior were a result of him being half in the bag.
“Of course, half of Khrushchev’s statements/behavior were a result of him being half in the bag.”
Bingo, which made him even scarier.
I have the years to admit that I saw Khrushchev’s banging of his shoe on tv in person. Later, when my brothers were all drafted to fight in the war, my father went to Washington, since letters did nothing. Father banged his shoe on the desk. And as in Saving Private Ryan, one of my brothers was sent to Korea while the other brother was sent to Viet Nam. One other brother failed the physical but had to report every six months for recheck.
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Khrushchev’s son teaches at Brown University, last I remember.
God bless the Filipinos.
“Khrushchev’s son teaches at Brown University, last I remember.”
Why am I not surprised? *sarcasm*