IBM and Red Hat Boycott Russia and Belarus, But IBM's History Tells a Different Story

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-03-09 01:43:04 UTC
Modified: 2022-03-09 02:11:11 UTC

Reminder: Both parents of IBM's CEO are from the Indian Army and IBM has many military contracts

Summary: History is once again curtailing IBM's narrative; Capt. Tom Watson Jr. (left) went on to become the President of IBM; only after he had supplied material support for Stalin's army in his capacity as a pilot. It's always about money. Source: Official United States Air Force Website

From the book Taboo Genocide: Holodomor 1933 & the Extermination of Ukraine (by Kris Dietrich, 11 Sept 2015, 1074 pages)

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IBM and Red Hat Boycott Russia and Belarus, But IBM's History Tells a Different Story

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