“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
Fair enough - point taken.
Still ... where I'm from, what Obama has done is pretty tame compared with what the Left has got up to on this side of the Pond.
The NHS, for one, where virtually all of healthcare is State-run ... with consequent disasters.
Or, Unions that have had the power to paralyse Society. Margaret Thatcher had to deal with them by passing tough legislation, curbing their freedom to go on wrecking sprees.
Margaret wasn't fond of 'Big Government' solutions when there was an alternative .. but, neither did she flinch from applying them, when a need presented itself. Hers was a totally practical approach, doing whatever it took to solve a problem.
It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!
The Eastern Front is so unknown that countless thousands of books have been written about it.
I would love to educate Balu on the real "unknown war" -- the German side. Since Soviet Russia has censored or revised all accounts of Russian atrocities since 1941.
I have read books and seen films about the "unknown war." My maternal grandfather fought on the Eastern Front in 1944-45. I am guessing that Balu has relatives who fought on the opposite side.
The REAL "unknown war" is how the Russians oppressed their territories after WWII. The Berlin Wall was not erected as a tourist attraction.
18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Fear the fro!
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
You're ridiculous. The atrocities the Germans committed against hte Russians started this crap. Even attacking Russia was stupid. The Germans bit off more than they can chew. I don't condone war crimes but when mess the bull you get the horns. Hitler hadn't consolidate Europe. You don't start a second front.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
That is kind of a wrong assumption. Russia got their butt kicked at first because Stalin purged 8 (I believe) of
his top field commanders before the Nazi war machine turned on them.
If it wasn't for that dreadful winter and Hitler interfering to spread his forces out over too broad a
territory, the Nazis might have prevailed much better at first.
I have lost my mind. If found, please give it a snack and return it?
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same of others"...John Wayne in "The Shootist"
A Deplorable!
History clearly points out that had Hitler not attacked the Russians we would not have won that war..
First those forces/airpower etc. would have knocked Britain out and it was nip and tuck for us with Britain in the game as it was.
Second, the resources sank into fighting in Russia were a massive drain on Germany.
Hitler lost the war once he committed to invade and conquer Russia.
And even after that the germans almost won..
Had Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe to strike airfields and military only in Britain , instead of bombing civilians in cities there Britain was lost.
Two huge mistakes and the bastard made both of them because he thought he was a military genius.
The generals that were adamantly against invading Russia Hitler had executed or else drummed out of the german military.
Dividing forces and adding multiple fronts has sank many an invading force as history so clearly shows.
Russia was savaged all to hell by the germans, Leningrad and Stalingrad..
The German siege of Leningrad lasted 900 days from September, 1941 to January, 1944. During that time 800,000 people, nearly a third of the population died.
Stalingrad-- Only at the end did it become apparent the scale of destruction and death that had occurred at Stalingrad, estimates vary but the death toll is generally accepted to be somewhere between one and two million, though not universal it is generally accepted to be the single largest death toll in any battle in mankind’s history.
18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.