Posted on 03/05/2014 8:39:31 AM PST by Kaslin
Except for that... :>)
Why Die for the Rhineland.
This was Putin’s equivalent to marching into the Rhineland.
Had Hitler stopped there, nobody would have cared.....Will Putin stop in Crimea, that remains to be seen.
Plenty of payback for Stalin’ s witholding support for Warsaw against the Germans.
Lech Walesa had lots of friends. I’m guessing they’d not lie down.
As far as our 2nd amendment, I think we’re among the few places in the world with such a realistic view of human depravity. I’d like to believe individuals have armed, but I wouldn’t put money on it.
I was in Poland in about 1998 with a friend, a US Chaplain who was a Pole who had become a naturalized US Citizen. We visited his home; his brother had been jailed due to his participation in the Solidarity movement....famous in their home town and had become its mayor. That family has absolutely no desire to come under the Soviets again.
In contrast, we invaded Grenada to "save" a few medical students and Panama to overthrow a dictator. I'm not losing sleep over the Ukraine.
Poland will not go down easy or without massive rooskie casualties. Poland loves Liberty more than 53% of Americans do.
You are 100% correct sir... they are certified bad-asses.
The old joke was who does a Pole shoot first, a German soldier or a Russian soldier.
The German, of course....Business before pleasure.
What I meant is that the Ukraine has been a client of Russia since about the time of Peter the Great. In other words, they’re used to Russia.
In fact, “Fiddler on the Roof” is set somewhere near Kiev by the author of the Tevye stories, Kiev being where the student, Perchik has just come from.
Now that is a gud1!
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