To: wagglebee
It’s incredible to realize that it would be four years before the Allies liberated Paris. More than once over the past fifty years I have wondered if it was worth liberating and was Europe worth the squillions of dollars we spent during the Cold War protecting them.
10 posted on
06/14/2010 5:24:24 AM PDT by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: abb
The liberation of Europe was worth it because the Nazis would have remained a threat.
As far as the money spent during the Cold War, that protected us as much as it did them.
12 posted on
06/14/2010 5:31:29 AM PDT by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: abb
More than once over the past fifty years I have wondered if it was worth liberating and was Europe worth the squillions of dollars we spent during the Cold War protecting them. Have you ever wondered just how many Jews Hitler would have killed if someone hadn't stopped him?
15 posted on
06/14/2010 5:58:07 AM PDT by
Palmetto
To: abb
More than once over the past fifty years I have wondered if it was worth liberating and was Europe The mistake was made in helping Europe in WWI.
There are many reasons why it was worth the money and lives for WWII. (A divided Europe was not a military threat, concentration camps, etc)
16 posted on
06/14/2010 6:00:09 AM PDT by
kidd
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