U.S. Will Withhold Funds For U.N. Agency After Vote to Grant Membership to Palestinia

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Ahhhhh....The Wizard of Wikipedia strikes again.

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As opposed to the entirely independent, non-internet-using research you perform before offering an opinion, presumably?

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Ahhhhh....The Wizard of Wikipedia strikes again.


Enemy of my Enemy is my friend. That was the case with US/Soviet relations during WW2....After V-E day all bets were off.

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There are (or maybe were by now) plenty of people across Eastern Europe who resented the fact the Allies (minus Russia) abandoned them to the Soviets while making such a show over protecting Germany and Greece. Then again even John Dulles' 'rollback' rhetoric wasn't feasible by the early 50s, either, unless you wanted to run the risk of a nuclear conflict, which would have been possible with nuts like LeMay still holding sway in the US (to say nothing of different Soviet military mindsets).

I'm not sure what the Finnish attitude was like at the time.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Enemy of my Enemy is my friend. That was the case with US/Soviet relations during WW2.

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Yes, and that was also the case with Finland/German relations during WW2. And after the Germans were beaten, there was no hope for Finland to keep on fighting the Soviets alone, so it was better to change sides and make peace.

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Originally Posted by Eki

Yes, and that was also the case with Finland/German relations during WW2. And after the Germans were beaten, there was no hope for Finland to keep on fighting the Soviets alone, so it was better to change sides and make peace.

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The difference is that the Finns were the ones who attacked the Soviets 1st. Just like their friends.....The NAZIs

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

As opposed to the entirely independent, non-internet-using research you perform before offering an opinion, presumably?

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You presume wrong.

Are you seriously defending the use of Wikipedia as a legitimate and respectable source?

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The difference is that the Finns were the ones who attacked the Soviets 1st. Just like their friends.....The NAZIs

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There's no way you can be this uninformed. I refuse to believe it.

Er... no. As I intimated before, comprehension is not your strong point.

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Originally Posted by Gregor-y

There's no way you can be this uninformed. I refuse to believe it.

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Uninformed? This is a view he will have based on much original historical study, I'll have you know, as opposed to a quick Google search, which is apparently all the rest of us have ever been able to manage.

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The difference is that the Finns were the ones who attacked the Soviets 1st. Just like their friends.....The NAZIs

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If we put it like that, the US also invaded and occupied Hawaii first and the Japanese just tried to liberate it.


Hawaii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Originally Posted by Eki

If we put it like that, the US also invaded and occupied Hawaii first and the Japanese just tried to liberate it.


Hawaii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The US also attacked Germany in 1917 and then again in 1941.