2008-12-02, 00:27 | Link #1061 |
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If that person is Harper, Yes. Any day. His last campaign tactics were just as distasteful as Mccain's. He shows no compromise on social issues and runs the government like a Majority when he in reality only has a minority with the lowest voter turnout due to disenfranchised voters and voter suppression techniques. On top of all that, he hasn't really shown much strength in the economics side of the equation either.
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2008-12-02, 00:38 | Link #1062 | ||
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Why people don't declare war? Because they can't. They know it would be unconsitutional as they have no fricking just reason to start a war according to the just war tradition. The point here is that this war is illegal and those who advocated it should be put into jails. Quote:
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2008-12-02, 00:59 | Link #1063 | |
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2008-12-02, 01:02 | Link #1064 |
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How in the world do you win a country that has 1/8 of the world's land? It's a headache to even cover Russia in summer, let alone winter. Hitler's army would have died off little by little even if the war was in summer. Makes no difference whatsoever. Hitler was too ambitious anyways.
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2008-12-02, 02:12 | Link #1066 |
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And that's why, in middle school, when I was given the option between Economics, History and Geography, I chose the last one. Because it CAN save lives, like in the tsunami... I remember a girl saved lives as she saw the tide receding real far back, and told the people on the beach to flee as a tsunami will come, as she had learnt in Geog classes.
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2008-12-02, 06:54 | Link #1068 | |
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2008-12-02, 07:55 | Link #1069 | |
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Starring the war in 1939, some generals suggested to start in 1945 Bombarding city insted or airfield. There so much others...
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2008-12-02, 07:56 | Link #1070 | |
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Another coup? We'll have to wait and see. Last edited by kyon.haruhi.suzumiya; 2008-12-02 at 08:12. |
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2008-12-02, 10:03 | Link #1071 | ||
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while it's a popular line in Western history - it makes US/UK achievements look more important - and also (to an extent) among German strategists of the time, for an even more understandable reason - it's always easier to blame the climate than to admit that the enemy was stronger - reality is a bit different. the one key thing that stopped the Wehrmacht advance and subsequently drove it back was basically *suicidal* determination on the Soviet side. people were literally willing to die before giving Moscow up. something that e.g. France lacked entirely. it is not so obvious if you are not well familiar with Russian historical documents, but if you are, then the picture in 1941-42 is dead clear. and pretty pathetic for the USSR, to be honest (for many reasons). only around and after Stalingrad, fighting on par with the Wehrmacht became possible. Quote:
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2008-12-02, 10:08 | Link #1072 | |
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But seriously, when Hitler attacked the Soviet, it was over. But Hitler got his point though, if he hadn't gone for Stalin first, the latter would have gone for him later and fully prepared. Ouch, I don't want that. |
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if you recall, in WWI the US under Woodrow Wilson was still quite faithful to its isolationism policy and was very reluctant to enter the war. it was only Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare (sinking 7 US ships) and a deciphered secret telegram from Germany to Mexico, calling for Mexico to join the Central Powers and declare war on the US, that pretty much forced the US into declaring war on Germany. in WWII the situation was much more clear, but it still took a whole 5 years until the US finally took any direct action against Germany - and even that was already at a time where Germany had already basically lost the war, long after it invaded many nations and killed 10+ millions of people - and the primary goal of that intervention was not even against Germany, it was to prevent Stalin from occupying all of continental Europe. in so far neither can really be called aggression.. it was more a policy of sit-it-out-as-long-as-possible. Quote:
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2008-12-02, 19:09 | Link #1075 | |||||
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But you are right, the Americans didn't want the war, only Wilson did; however by no means was he reluctant. Quote:
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in a nutshell: Stalin was way too paranoid to ever initiate a major conquest campaign against a powerful opponent. and he never did. Quote:
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2008-12-02, 19:28 | Link #1078 | |
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What, it isn't a war unless it involves European countries attacking each other?
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How the heck could German U-Boat distinguish between an American vessel and a British one at that time? Yet he LET those vessels entering the dangerous water. Ridiculous. And guess what, those sunken carried weapons. Quote:
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So in short, whether Stalin regarded the Nazi as a powerful opponent or a sitting duck in the long run could not be ensured. Quote:
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