[Griff]

hmm... maybe a Barbarrosa analogy is in order.

The key paragraph-
Remember, before the Nazi invasion or pre-emptive strike, to use a Bush Administration term, almost all of the citizens of the Soviet Union hated the communist system and their control over the many nationalities, religious and ethnic groups while few supported the Soviet government. Stalin utilized police-state terror to maintain government control over his nation and empire because there was little loyalty or patriotism, only quiet opposition to the Soviet government. Nothing could have brought about real support for Stalin and the Soviet government, except for Hitler’s invasion. This was the catalyst which created “The Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union” and millions of Russians and others in the Soviet-occupied nations risked all and willingly gave their lives in the defense of the motherland against a foreign invader.