Amin is the shame of the whole world. The fact that he managed to rule so long and commit so many crimes was only possible thanks to the hypocrisy of the East and the West who were waging the Cold War for world domination. Ryszard Kapuscinski amincoldcommit share on social
He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel. Ryszard Kapuscinski afraidamindeath Change image and share on social
Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly. Ryszard Kapuscinski amincriticizeeast Change image and share on social
Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve. Ryszard Kapuscinski achievesalvationstrive Change image and share on social
In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this. Ryszard Kapuscinski assessmentcriminaldocument share on social