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To: Leaning Right

I got another one.

What would you call Europe today if it wasn’t for “The Miracle on the Vistula” in 1920?

The Soviet Union.


22 posted on 07/30/2016 12:36:32 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
“The Miracle on the Vistula”

Yep. And we called also add the Polish Pope to the list. Could Reagan and Thatcher have brought the Iron Curtain down without John Paul II standing with them? Maybe, maybe not.

When you think about it, Poland has never let the West down.

26 posted on 07/30/2016 12:42:29 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: dfwgator

And another:

What would you call Europe today if it wasn’t for Jan Sobieski and the Winged Hussars?

I don’t know - I don’t speak Arabic (but we may be finding out in a couple of generations).


57 posted on 07/30/2016 5:15:06 PM PDT by Stosh
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