Re: OT

From: Dirk Bruere at Neopax (dirk_at_neopax.com)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:45:22 +0000

John Larkin wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:42:51 -0600, john@spamoff.com wrote:
>
>
>>>> Just another foreigner, Reg.
>>
>>>BTinternet is British, isn't it? Do you know anything about European
>>>history in the last century, and why you aren't speaking German or
>>>Russian now? So, why does Europe hate the country and the people who
>>>saved their countries and their lives?
>>
>> Twice.
>>
>
>
> I'd count Germany, Germany, and Russia as three.

In WW1 Germany was already beaten by the time the US joined in.
As for WW2, the US did its best to stay out until given an invitation it
couldn't refuse by the Japanese and Hitler.

Gratitude is not a blank cheque. 

-- 
Dirk
The Consensus:-
The political party for the new millenium
http://www.theconsensus.org

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