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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:27:57 +0100
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On 18/10/2024 02:01, rbowman wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:47:07 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> Slaughtering his own people → OK.
>> Invading another country (Poland) → not OK.
> 
> That's a simplistic treatment of Poland. Britain was stupid enough to
> pledge support to Poland. Poland was stupid enough to believe the Brits
> were in a position to support anything and got on their high horses,
> refusing to allow a corridor connecting Germany to East Prussia.
> 
> For whatever inexplicable reason the Brits didn't lose the entire BEF and
> managed to bring them home using every rowboat they could beg, borrow, or
> steal.
> 
> When someone says they have your back make sure they can deliver.

Indeed. The USA is clearly a fair weather friend, and cowardly in the 
extreme

-- 
"In our post-modern world, climate science is not powerful because it is 
true: it is true because it is powerful."

Lucas Bergkamp