Re: Yikes! Diesel $4.50/gallon

On May 5, 9:11=A0pm, sch...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Guenter Scholz) wrote:
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> trad...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On May 4, 6:38=A0pm, Tom Plunket <to...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >No, that's not an assumption, it's a fact for anyone that bothers to
> >read history. =A0 Did our involvement in WWII, not end Hitler's rain of
> >evil? =A0 =A0How about our defeat of Japan, which was hell bent on
>
> .... well, as long as you brought it up. =A0You need to be very careful
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> this point. =A0the US had a choice. =A0To help Hitler or Stalin or do
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> all. =A0They decided, eventually, along with England to side with
Stalin. =
That
> alone must have nauseated many. =A0The reasons for doing this are
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> best and certainly to some degree had something to do with doing the
'righ=
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> thing'. =A0However, there are many countries that became situated behind
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> Iron Curtain for decades that may well disagree with the choices made.
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> were many who unleased a rein of terror whom the US, interesting, went
on
> to sup****t because it was in their interest.
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> >enslaving all of Asia? =A0And what did we do with our conquered
> >enemies? =A0 We poured billions of aid in, helped rebuild them, and set
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> .... you don't think that aid helped the US ? =A0Eg, germany and japan
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> products for the US market at, well, very reasonable prices and the US
> consumer never had it so good as in the 50's
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> >them free. =A0 =A0How about our involvement in keeping the people of
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> >Korea free? =A0Our stand against the Russian communists, that kept
> >Europe free?
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> =A0 =A0 ,,,, surely you can't have it both ways, see above, you helped
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> communists to win. =A0Choices were made.
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> cheers
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What does any of that have to do with the outrageous claim that the US
involvement in world affairs doesn't benefit anyone other than
American cor****ations?  Do you agree or disagree that many of the US
actions in world affairs have benefited millions of people?







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> >Only an American hating skunk would attribute all that to not
> >benefiting anyone but cor****ations. =A0 It's a slanderous insult.- Hide
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