President overlooks Soviet brutality while commemorating World War II's end.
"It is a moment when the world will recognize the great bravery Bravery
See also Heroism.
Achilles
foremost Greek hero of Trojan War; brave and formidable warrior. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 12]
Adrastus
courageous Indian prince; Rinaldo’s enemy. [Ital. Lit. and sacrifice the Russian people made in the defeat of Nazism. The people of Russia suffered incredible hardship, and yet the Russian spirit never died out." In Moscow on May 8, President George W. Bush carefully avoided mentioning the USSR's decades-long brutal suppression suppression /sup·pres·sion/ (su-presh´un)
1. the act of holding back or checking.
2. sudden stoppage of a secretion, excretion, or normal discharge.
3. of Eastern Europe Eastern Europe
The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. during a celebration marking the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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