ps I wrote crustic earlier today , that was a goof. I meant crystic but have cold hands. I really would like some source articles for these things-
no offense intended
no problem
It was a long time ago that i read about this. One source that i do recall is “a man called Intrepid”. Can’t remember the others offhand (i remember that one 'cuz Intrepid was a Winnipegger).
Oh,
and nice to see you again Mr. Ghoul. Afraid i might not get another game in with you before i take of too Portugal and Ottawa for 7 weeks, but it’s nice to see you online regardless . . . .
Tg actually I did site that at least two of these ss divisions were exclusively latvian- but to answer your question - I did not specify the waffen ss - which is what they were.
Well I sure that there were some Latvian Waffen SS. They could be like the Wallonien, Waffen SS units composed of Belgian Walloon volunteers who had joined to help the Third Reich fight the Soviet Union.
for whatever reason we went to war - the end result was good for everyone- except F_alk who hates me. tyranny was ended and ultimately freedom and liberty have been restored to europe.
Well think of it this way: Was the lucky rabbit foot so lucky for the rabbit from which it was taken from? We see was as good from our perspective. But this is topic on different perspectives, so I am sure other people will have different thoughts. As for F_alk, I bet he doesn’t hate you. Anybody who lives near black and white cows could never hate someone. :)
Ie unless saddam delivers a nuke to NY, yanni probably won’t budge an inch.
My greatest, fear is that if Saddam gives the means (NBC or whatever) to terrorist, which in turn use it against us. In many cases the materials is untraceable. Saddam is someone with an axe to grind, and rather than risk his own regime to carry it out, he will resort to more secretive means.
Tinker- you bring up a very interesting point.
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f_alk. we were discussing the summer of 41
…and soon there after AG north did invade the baltic states (latvia estonia and lithuania… and I don’t think we’re any more prone to violence or war than anyone else. why in germany they say “auslander Raus” like we say “hello”.
i really have to grin at this posting, alamein.
To correct some points:
I answered to Tinker, but i am happy to take the blame for shifting the period of time we are discussing……
about the baltics, Tinker has got it right there…
And in germany we say “Ausländer raus” as you go into Highschools and start massacres, just to keep sticking to prejudices… just as each and every muslim wants to kill all americans personally.
Also when were the medal of honors given out? I believe they were around 36’-38’??. This fits in with Hitler trying to sooth over American industry leaders, whom were enjoying the money and thier empolyees enjoyed feeding their children. Thomas Watson was a attractive traget because he was the president of the International Chamber of Commerce in 37’ which Hitler was using to his advantage. But industry could see (or so I hope) that times were changing very quickly.
True, the medals were given at that time. I know that IBM did trade with Germany until very short before the declaration of war though….
And hopefully industries sees tiems changing, but from what the Iraqs report says, they don’t, neither german, nor US companies… profit is what counts…
However I think that most of us, with one noteable exception regarded ww2 as a good war. for whatever reason we went to war - the end result was good for everyone- except F_alk who hates me.
i do assume that i am the one exception, right? What makes you think of that?
And i do not hate you… i think you are another good example of “why does the rest of the world think of the americans the way they do”… it’s not hate, but i wouldn’t be too happy if i saw you in a position of power.
If you had more Colin Powells in these positions, it would look differently… just look up what he said concerning the US-german relations at the time. And then compare that to the words of your minister of defence… you will probably think the latter is right, but that would just strengthen my beliefs of you.
@TG:
Anybody who lives near black and white cows could never hate someone. :)
As said before, there are excemptions from the stereotypically-perceived american… but then, he is californian :)…
TG, in case you are surfing… why don’t you paint your board in these colours ;)
tyranny was ended and ultimately freedom and liberty have been restored to europe.
Unfortunately we moved right into the Cold War after WWII and that was also fought in Europe, but mostly in Germany. And a different type of tyranny appeared. But this should be on a different post, sorry to change directions.
We’ll return now to our regularly scheduled program
Sounds like the US has been doing business pretty much the same throughout our history as a country. The locations and politics change, but the scenario is similar. Look back through time. The US military is often engaged without a war declaration. Recent events or WWII is nothing off par…
TG, in case you are surfing… why don’t you paint your board in these colours
Haha, that would sure ward off the sharks. :wink:
@cystic:
ps I wrote crustic earlier today , that was a goof. I meant crystic but have cold hands. I really would like some source articles for these things-
no offense intendedno problem
It was a long time ago that i read about this. One source that i do recall is “a man called Intrepid”. Can’t remember the others offhand (i remember that one 'cuz Intrepid was a Winnipegger).
Oh,
and nice to see you again Mr. Ghoul. Afraid i might not get another game in with you before i take of too Portugal and Ottawa for 7 weeks, but it’s nice to see you online regardless . . . .
Work has been crap since the layoffs……brutal.
I haven’t had the chance to post much.
I’m actually working at work…thats dumb.
Its been hella stupid here…at work that is… :oops:
We’ll have to get a game on soon, although I’m questioning my ability…I played a friend who only played A&AE once before. He was Germany and he kicked my ass…dumb…
If I don’t here from you, have a good trip.
Not even going say anything anymore……
hear not here
