http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,707835,00.html

"Frau ist Frau."

but thats not the point

And people are 'shocked' that Stalin was so brutal; he was what the culture and situation demanded to be on top of such a people, as the U.S. is finding out in the Middle East why Saddam had to be what he was to maintain any kind of control over his country.