At 16:43 26-5-01 -0700, John Giorgis wrote:
>And horrible
>criminals didn't have their careers destroyed, they got a bullet in the
>back of the head.
Well, one might argue that a bullet through the head *does* finish one's
career... <grin>
>Jeroen, you honestly don't see the difference between West Germany and
>East Germany? Really? When Americans freed your country from the
>Nazis we set up a puppet dictatorship, like the Soviets did in Poland?
When and where did I say the US set up a puppet dictatorship here after the
war?
(I'm not even gonna argue about the fact that it wasn't just the Americans
that freed The Netherlands...)
>You claim that the Soviets needed their vast military might to protect
>them against NATO. Well, perhaps.
What else would they have to protect themselves from? OK, they felt the
need to protect themselves from internal opposition, but you don't destroy
*that* by putting troops at your borders.
>But why did there have to be
>military conflict between NATO and the Soviets?
Hm, because they didn't trust each other?
>Is it because the US
>aggessively seeks to conquer and enslave other countries and the
>Soviets had to protect themselves? Hmmm, that explains why American
>immediately invaded and enslaved Russia after the collapse of the
>Berlin Wall.
Aha, so the US *did* invade Russia! That explains why Russia has become a
corrupt, capitalist country... <grin>
>And why Canada has to keep a huge military presence on
>our border to keep us from invading...
Actually, Canada keeps a huge military presence on the border for the
upcoming liberation of the USA. But you're not supposed to know about that
yet. :)
Jeroen
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