Sorry they were all taken....
Posted on 04/04/2005 5:29:57 PM PDT by wagglebee
The three greatest leaders of the 20th Century who helped free hundreds of millions of people, have accumulated a grand total of zero Nobel Peace Prizes.
Where Britain and France made their mistake was not standing up to Hitler right from the start. Instead they waited until it was too late for them to do much of anything by themselves.
Thank God and our brave leaders and armed forces that we prevailed in WW11.
FRegards,
Thank God indeed!
I bought a book about WWII that I absolutely love. It is called "A Question of Honor," and I highly reccomend it to anyone with even the slightest interest in history, the truth, or both. I must warn you, should you decide to read it, It is a very sad story. The website is:http://www.questionofhonor.com
Yes. I am glad that Reagan learned from their mistakes.
What is Wojciech Jaruzelski doing now? Google has no report of his death. Did he ever have any contact with JPII after the liberation of Poland?
Jaruzelski? Oh, he's not dead yet.
I'm not sure if he met the Pope after Poland's freedom was restored, but I do know where he lives.
I've driven by his large house several times.
He lives just outside Warszawa.
Thanx
Amazing!!!! Pose a ? and less than 4 min later get an answer from 7 time zones away.
Freedom ping.
Haha
No Problem!
Well, I have to go now.
Good night to everyone in North America.
What you have left out of the assessment our extremely recently registered friend, is the import of the following:
"The pope and the president shared the view that each had been given a spiritual mission – a special role in the divine plan of life," Clark told NewsMax. "The two men shared the belief that atheistic Communism lived a lie that, when fully understood, must ultimately fail."
I suppose that two of our own who were in the Services were also whistling Dixie......or maybe you feel your spin is essential to the turn of opinion or more valid than a former NSA official who has what to gain by lying?
Why is it only conservative administration officials lie?
Exactly!
I appreciate the post, but have to be honest, I just don't read his tripe.
Sorry they were all taken....
Poland is poorly situated for defense, plus it's the gateway to invading either Germany or Russia. So they both (not just the Germans) in '39 and then Germany later invaded Russia, partly through Poland.
The Russians didn't invade in 1980, they'd been there since the last days of WW-II, but they did threaten to "invade" in the sense of coming out of their bases, taking over the Polish government, and moving still more troops from Mother Russia. It would have been similar to what happened in Hungary in '56 and/or Czechoslovakia in the late 60s. But Ronald Reagan, and John Paul stood fast and the Soviets blinked. It was the beginning of the end for them, although their "adventure" in Afghanistan contributed to the internal problems they had. 'Course Reagan contributed to that little problem for them as well.
Only possible because they believed we would launch those nukes. For that we can thank RR and that SAC Captain and the Army 2LT FReepers posting here who were out at the sharp end of the stick during that time.
Even in 1938 -39 the farsighted leaders in Britain had trouble convincing the appeasers that the country had better prepare for war.
There was of course also a period when the Poles were on top and ruling the Rus.
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