--- In [email protected], "suziezuzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > I'm pretty sure Nabby is German, and just for the record, > Americans > > > performed the Berlin Air Lift for free. > > > > > > > > > > ************** > > > > The Americans didn't give a damn about the Krauts, who they burned, > > men, women and children by the hundreds of thousands in the > pointless > > firebombing of German cities in WWII. The Berlin Air Lift was not a > > humanitarian gesture, but an attempt to keep the Russkis from > taking > > over more of Germany as their exclusive military outpost (rather > than > > the Americans keeping their many bases in Germany). > > http://tinyurl.com/2d4hy6 > > > I remember my business law teacher in high school refer to this event > as a whimp out by Kennedy because at that time, the US had the > dominant nucleur position over the Russians and could have simply > blasted the wall down. The Russians would have been in no position to > respond. >
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