Russia Stung By D-Day Diss

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Thursday that the leaders of Britain, France, Canada and the United States gave a "peculiar interpretation" of World War II at the recent commemorations of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Russia feels that the role of the Soviet Union in the victory over Nazi Germany was not adequately acknowledged at the event, part of a larger campaign the Russians have been on recently to give, in their opinion, proper credit to the Soviet Union's sacrifice in WWII. The Soviets lost an estimated 27 million troops and civilians in the fighting - the most of any nation.

Of course I have to ask what took the Foreign Ministry so long to raise their complaint, since the commemoration happened almost two weeks ago. And it's a little difficult for the Russians to say that they were singled out for insult since France's President Sarkozy neglected to invite Queen Elizabeth II to the event - not only was the Queen the only head of state from the Allies who was even alive during the war, she also served as a volunteer driver with the British military.