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Originally posted by Eli
Now that most Jews left, I see no hope for Russia.
Now that most Jews left, I see no hope for Russia.
Quite a few are returning, though
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Quite a few are returning, though
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The vast vast majority of those who return are not even Jews.Originally posted by ErikM
Quite a few are returning, though
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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Yeah, like most of Russian Jews were ever religious
Speaks volumes about your Mid-Eastern paradise and the craptitude of post-Soviet countries, though
It is only totalitarian governments that suppress facts. In this country we simply take a democratic decision not to publish them. - Sir Humphrey in Yes MinisterComment
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With all my due respect to your academic inclanations, David - discussions on who would win in a hypothetical US-SU conflict in 1945 are akin to internet discussions on whose penis is bigger. We would never know. Don't know about you, but personally I think it's a good thing that we didn't have a chance to find out.Originally posted by David Floyd
Nor should you expect a substantive one, either. I've debated extensively with Serb on this and related topics - my posts tend to cite statistics, production figures, etc., while his tend to repeat Soviet nationalist rhetoric with little backup (and least, little non-refuted backup).
Besides, the leadership of both countries by the end of the war was not made of idiots and we know from a historical record that a conflict between US and USSR in 1945 did not happen, Patton & co nonwithstanding. From this one may conclude that neither side considered itself strong enough to take on the opposing one.It is only totalitarian governments that suppress facts. In this country we simply take a democratic decision not to publish them. - Sir Humphrey in Yes MinisterComment
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Religion has no role here, I'm talking about ethnicity.Originally posted by ErikM
Yeah, like most of Russian Jews were ever religious
In the last years the majority of immigrants from Russia to Israel were ethnically Russians, not Jews. They are the ones who come back."Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master" - Commissioner Pravin Lal.Comment
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I was pretty busy recently.Originally posted by David Floyd
And thanks for your informative response to my last post. Whoops, there wasn't one.Comment
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Thats what makes him so much fun.Originally posted by David Floyd
Nor should you expect a substantive one, either. I've debated extensively with Serb on this and related topics - my posts tend to cite statistics, production figures, etc., while his tend to repeat Soviet nationalist rhetoric with little backup (and least, little non-refuted backup).
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1. The US would have whipped them big time.Originally posted by ErikM
With all my due respect to your academic inclanations, David - discussions on who would win in a hypothetical US-SU conflict in 1945 are akin to internet discussions on whose penis is bigger. We would never know. Don't know about you, but personally I think it's a good thing that we didn't have a chance to find out.
2. Mine's bigger.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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Originally posted by Vince278
1. The US would have whipped them big time.
2. Mine's bigger.
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On a related note, I recently had a debate with a friend of mine, who said that the US could have won an OFFENSIVE war against the Soviet Union in 1945. As Serb and ErikM will be glad to know, I disagreed. He sent me an email about it, so I threw together a 16 page paper and emailed it back
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I am almost extaticOriginally posted by David Floyd
On a related note, I recently had a debate with a friend of mine, who said that the US could have won an OFFENSIVE war against the Soviet Union in 1945. As Serb and ErikM will be glad to know, I disagreed.
Oh to put such an energy to meaningful endsHe sent me an email about it, so I threw together a 16 page paper and emailed it back
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Sure it's possible we could have won an offensive war against the USSR in 1945. It's also possible Thor might appear and declare Christianity a false religion. Possible, but not likely.Originally posted by David Floyd
On a related note, I recently had a debate with a friend of mine, who said that the US could have won an OFFENSIVE war against the Soviet Union in 1945. As Serb and ErikM will be glad to know, I disagreed. He sent me an email about it, so I threw together a 16 page paper and emailed it back
The Most the US would have been able to do (political will is important here) is eject the Russsians from East Germany...and that in itself would have been a doozy of a task. We didn't have Pershing Tanks in the numbers needed to offset Russian T-34s. Even I'll say T-34 > Sherman tank.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Incidently, I bring dire news for the well being of the Free world....
I alays knew that Damn Kryptonian was a Commie.
Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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