[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

The first editorial shows the Times thinking on the Czech situation. It didn’t transfer very well so it is difficult to read. The second piece, which I transcribed, is a sappy little thing about a just-completed reunion of civil war veterans. 1938 was just about the same distance in time from Appomattox Courthouse as we are from 1938. I’m not sure why that is significant, but there it is.

[r9etb]

The editorial again shows the extent to which the (future) Allies misunderstood Hitler and Nazi Germany... For all of their talk of signals and warnings, Hitler and his generals were really focused on only one thing: the actual movement of troops to intervene, and that was the one thing Britain and France failed to do.

And once again, we are faced with a similar choice with respect to Iran. Happily, thanks to the resolve of George W. Bush, we're in a much better position now than the Allies were in 1938. Bush took significant action, and we have a tremendous strategic advantage of the sort that the Allies had largely surrendered in the years between WWI and WWII.

[Fiji Hill]

The remnants of the Grand Army of the Republic, “more than one hundred strong,”

The Grand Army of the Republic was an influential organization and a powerful political lobby during the final two decades of the nineteenth century. However, since membership in the GAR was open only to those who fought in the Union army during the Civil War, the organization had a shelf life. It officially disbanded in 1949 and its last member died in 1956.

[nw_arizona_granny]

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