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kpete

(71,991 posts) Wed Dec 30, 2015, 11:26 AM Dec 2015

We reap what we sow.....

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We reap what we sow..... (Original Post) kpete Dec 2015 OP

Perfect NV Whino Dec 2015 #1

Take out Mossadegh (Iran, 1953), reap the Mullahs (1979) - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #2

Hell yes.... daleanime Dec 2015 #3

This says it all. Tipperary Dec 2015 #4

I suppose the only real counterargument is taking out Hitler el_bryanto Dec 2015 #5

Historical note: the USSR 'took out' Hitler (or his remains). Technically speaking, Hitler took KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #6

Fair enough; is you argument that the Soviet Union was a brake on US plans for Germany? el_bryanto Dec 2015 #7

Nah, I was just being a pedantic jerk. Personally, I think Versailles 1918 didn't KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #8

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

1. Perfect

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Wed Dec 30, 2015, 11:30 AM

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One could substitute many different names, an it would still be true.

KingCharlemagne

(7,908 posts)

2. Take out Mossadegh (Iran, 1953), reap the Mullahs (1979) - nt

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Wed Dec 30, 2015, 11:40 AM

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daleanime

(17,796 posts)

3. Hell yes....

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Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:07 PM

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Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

4. This says it all.

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Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:08 PM

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el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

5. I suppose the only real counterargument is taking out Hitler

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Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:15 PM

Dec 2015

Which didn't lead to something worse; what did we do differently in that case? Or were conditions just unique in Germany at that period, and unlikely to be repeated.

Bryant

KingCharlemagne

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6. Historical note: the USSR 'took out' Hitler (or his remains). Technically speaking, Hitler took

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:18 PM

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himself out.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)

7. Fair enough; is you argument that the Soviet Union was a brake on US plans for Germany?

Reply to KingCharlemagne (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:21 PM

Dec 2015

My impression has been the opposite - the Soviet Union wanted to deal much more harshly with Germany than we eventually did.

Bryant

KingCharlemagne

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8. Nah, I was just being a pedantic jerk. Personally, I think Versailles 1918 didn't

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 12:23 PM

Dec 2015

go far enough, although I recognize that most see that opinion as heterodox.

As for 1945, the USSR lost some 25 million, the U.S. a mere 250,000. That disparity would tend to breed some comparatively hard feelings, I'd think.

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