They were just pissed cuz we robbed 'em of helping us win the war when we nuked 'em. [;'em's got switched mid point thru sentence - Ed.] -- Someday I'll read Zinn's "People's" book...
On 2/16/07, So Kenfused <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228292 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
