Fifty years ago today, Russian tanks invaded Czechoslovakia--eyewitness account

If you're a college student--or an adult Democrat who likes socialism--you need to read this.

Fifty years ago today, Russian tanks invaded was then Czechoslovakia to put an end to what was being called the "Prague spring."  That was a slight loosening of travel and speech restrictions, allowing some residents to travel to West Germany.

The Soviet leaders saw this as a huge threat, because they had constantly told their captive people that socialism was a marvelous system and was out-producing the West.  According to Sov propaganda, citizens of all the countries under Soviet control had abundant luxuries that the mean capitalists were unwilling to let their residents have.  The Soviet leaders didn't want local Czechs to come back and tell the truth.

This link is to an essay by a college student who lived through it.  He seems to have been about 20 at the time.  Read what he and his friends experienced.  This is the real face of socialism.