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Old 04-22-2005, 10:39 AM   #14 (permalink)
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European Constitution? It is a joke. It will lead to the total breakdown of Europe as we know it, if it gets passed. And unity is a joke; there are 23 different languages spoken in the 25 member states.

At least that is the strength of the US, the unity that does exist, compared to Europe.

And twice? Therefore the involvement in WW I was too small; Russia had its revolutions in 1917, Germany had its revolution in 1918; Finland, Austro-Hungary was swept with revolution. The only thing the American involvement did, was to quicken the inevitable to happen.
And you can think of the Russian revolution what you want, but the Russian revolutionaries published the secret treaties that were made during the course of the war, on how to divide up Europe.
So save me the Franz-Ferdinand crap; it was an imperialist war that was fought between practically all major countries.
Concerning the WW II, we must not forget that most of the fighting was actually done on the Eastern front.

I am no American, but I believe that there were more American casualties in the American Civil War than in both worldwars combined.
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