Like the Soviet's attacking Japan after they surrendered. check out the history of the Kuril islands.
Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > 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. >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
