i had no idea, just thi this almost daily onslaught of events from the end of word or two. And i think amer america just didn't know how to kind of respond. They they were really overwhelmed by events. I can now understand better why these guys couldn't sleep at night,. Because on the other side of that iron curtain, at least until 19 53, you have a guy like stalam who is essentially a paranoid sociopath. So i've a new appreciation for just how in the dark and what, what a scary time this must have been for people that you present in the early days of kruce's reign.
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