Case in point, my russian coworkers who believe whole heartedly that the United States had nothing to do with the defeat of Germany in WW2. They've told me several times that all the U.S. did was join at the last minute to get the rewards.
On 2/16/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, most people's history reflects what they've been taught. For > instance, people on this list refuse to believe that the United States > lost the War of 1812. Even though the White House was torched. > ::shrug:: I'm used to the distortions, so it doesn't surprise me that > people accept unquestioned an idea like the French have never won a > war. They aren't military geniuses either, but the statement just > isn't true. > > -- "They put a hot wire to my head 'Cause of the things I did and said And made these feelings go away Model citizen in every way" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228267 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
