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In bourgeols terms It was a war
between the Allles and Germany.
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In Bolshevlk terms It was a war between
the Allled and the German upper classes.
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And, whlch of them won was
a matter ofIndlfference.
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I was ordered by the Party to enllst.
I gave my name as Petrov.
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They were shoutlng for vlctory
all over Europe...
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...praylng for vlctory, to the same God.
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My task, the Party's task,
was to organlze defeat.
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From defeat would sprlng the Revolutlon.
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And, the Revolutlon would be
vlctory for us.
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The Party looked
to the conscrlpt peasants...
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...most of them wearlng
thelr flrst good palr ofboots.
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When the boots wore out,
they'd be ready to llsten.
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When the tlme came, I was able to take
3 battallons wlth me out of the Front Llne.
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The best day's work I ever dld.
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But, for the moment,
there was nothlng to be done.
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There were too many volunteers llke me.
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Mostly, It was mere hysterla.
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But there were men wlth better motlves,
men who saw the tlmes were crltlcal...
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...and wanted a man's part.
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Good men, wasted.
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Unhappy men, too.
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Unhappy In thelr jobs.
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Unhappy wlth thelr wlves.
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Doubtlng themselves.
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Happy men don't volunteer.
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They walt thelr turn and thank God
If thelr age, or work, delays It.
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The ones who got back home wlth
the prlce of an arm or an eye or a leg...
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...these were the lucky ones.
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Even Comrade Lenln...
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...underestlmated both
the angulsh of that 900- mlle- long front...