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No matter what the subject matter...always count on Doug for a good set of
answers, thoughtfully provoking. Where I came by the first question? Britain had a defense pact with several nations one of which was Poland. England entered into the fray in 'defense of Poland' which had been invaded by Germany. At the time Herr Hitler had said, over and over, we have no quarrel with England, do not consider them enemies, and have to wish to fight them. Hyperbole or not England declared war on Germany because of Germany's invasion of Poland. However by 1945 Poland, far from being freed came under the complete sujugation of the 'other invader'. Let us not forget while Germany invaded from West to East, Russia simultaneously invaded from East to West. This was no less a violation of the treaty which caused England to enter against Germany. Therefore it can easily be argued the original reason for going to war, the freeing of Poland, was in practical fact not accomplished for many decades after 1939. I think the actual nullification of that original pact happened at Yalta when Roosevelt and Churchill (and some French guy) agreed on 'sphere's of influence, at war's end. Roosevelt and Churchill, well anyway Roosevelt for I think Churchill was always in favor of 'using' the Soviets but otherwise had no use for them, ostensibly made the error of believing Stalin. Although I find it ludicrous Roosevelt could have been that politically naive and rather think he knew all along what would happen. The lesson learned should have stayed in the forefront )of political minds but obviously was forgotten by many to include G. Bush Sr. when he made a deal with the opposition and violated his "Read My Lips" policy. More to the point it's been forgotten in almost every instance where J. Carter has been involved. Now THAT ought to get you going for the next two three months or so! History....not the way you wish it happened....just as it happened. Question? If a huge national debt that is a small pittance by percentage of the GDP was good for Clinton...why isn't it good for Bush? M. "DSK" wrote in message .. . Michael wrote: I always wondered if any historians figured out the end of WWII coincided with the day Poland regained it's freedom from Russia. ??? Where do you get these ideas? If that's the case, then WW2 is still going on because North Korea is as much a Russian client state as ever, and Cuba became one well after the "end" of WW2 if you don't count Poland; but if you do count Poland then it's occupied territory now. Maybe the Germans should invade North Korea and Cuba, thus ending the war. We can't do it for them because with regard to WW2, we are Russia's allies. ... That being the ostensible reason given for the start of WWII. Not the longest war in history but certainly the most odd in terms of how fought. Hardly. I suggest you look up some of the previous European dynastic wars, for example the War of the Spanish Succession... now there were some complex webs to untangle. ... Five years of intense battle and 40 more years of economic warfare with the Poles amongst others bearing most of the non economic burden. How they MUST value their freedom after all those years as socialist slaves. Why don't you go there and find out? I have a number of Polish friends including a couple who just moved back because they think (with some good reasons) that their children's future is brighter there than here. One of the two great unanswered questions of war. The other being did Texas lose it's Lone Star Republic rights because of the civil war? No more so than any other state. The War of Northern Aggression settled the issue of state's rights under the Constitution... there aren't any. Next I suppose we should look at the question of individual rights... no wait, let's not... DSK |
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"Michael" wrote
.. . . How they MUST value their freedom after all those years as socialist slaves. I don't know Michael, however, my daughter just spent 6 months in East Germany, and one of the things that surprised her most was that the people their, particularly the older folks who lived through the nightmare, do not seem to have adjusted well to freedom. Very odd. Scout |
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Hmmm,,, that's worth a second or third look. An initial reaction would be
thinking back to the German mindset of the early 20th century Alle est en ordnung. (forgive the spelling it isn't one of my languages) which valued obedience to the State, Party, Family above all. Give many decades of National then International Socialism which has no room for individualism and living in fear if you don't make the trains run on time....hmmm....I think it would be odd not to find that viewpoint. As some of our fellow posters have shown time and time again having to think, evaluate, reason, ascertain facts for oneself is not always possible. Sometimes it's just easier to follow the party line be it Herr Carville or Herr Goebbels. You have to admit members of the former 'other party' like Doug or Thom are damn few and far between. In that light I think you'll see a huge difference with the Libertarians as the new second party especially as we move ever closer to the formation of the North American Union. M. "Scout" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote . . . How they MUST value their freedom after all those years as socialist slaves. I don't know Michael, however, my daughter just spent 6 months in East Germany, and one of the things that surprised her most was that the people their, particularly the older folks who lived through the nightmare, do not seem to have adjusted well to freedom. Very odd. Scout |
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Scott Vernon wrote:
Where ya been, Jax? SV Jail? |