[Vision2020] Well, it really seemed like a good idea at the time *S*

[Wayne Price]

Sunil,

I'm not sure if that pic was photo shopped or not, but it really  
doesn't matter, as "good friends" and "allies"  are always painted in  
a rosey light at the time no matter how bad they turn out to be in fact.
For instance, our good friend and ally during WWII, the Soviet Union,  
had far more people  in concentration camps and caused far more deaths  
than the Nazi's ever thought of, but at the time, they were on "our"  
side.

And since most history of wars is written by the "winners", you tend  
to get a really warped idea of what really went on unless you're  
willing to delve into it.  I'll give you a good example to try. Next  
time you run into (not literally) a HS student, ask him or her when  
WWII begin, I'll bet you a lunch that they tell you, if they tell you  
anything at all, that it was December 7th, 1941. Few realize or are  
taught that the war started 1 September 1939 with the invasion of  
Poland, and then two weeks later, the Nazi Allies, the Soviet Union  
invaded Poland from the east.  How many people realize that Auschwitz   
was set up not to house those of the Jewish faith, but was established  
to contain the Polish intelligencia? And while we bemoan the Nazi  
execution of around 84 US soldiers at Malmédy  during the battle of  
the Bulge,  we ignore the exceution of 21,768 Polish soldiers,  
educators and soldiers at Katyn by  the Soviets! We went so far as to  
deny the proof that was provided by the International Red Cross  at  
the time, because by the time the atrocity was discovered, the Soviets  
were our allies!


Wayne











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> Wayne,
>
> I believe Reagan said that about the Contras, not the Taliban.   
> Haven't Googled it, but I'd bet a beer or two.
>
> I think he was wrong on that, though.
>
> Sunil
>
> > From: bear at moscow.com
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:55:00 -0700
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Well, it really seemed like a good idea at  
> the time *S*
> >
> >
> >
> >
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