John Savard wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:10:48 GMT, (Christopher)
wrote, in part:
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:24:43 GMT, lid
(John Savard) wrote:

Under democratic rule, the Chinese people would be America's friends.

France is a demoracy, yet is France one of 'America's friends'?

They gave America the Statue of Liberty!


And America gave the French liberation from the Nazis. Which is more
important?


France is merely confused. Red China, on the other hand, is EEEVIL!
Barring a pre-emptive nuclear strike, though, we will sadly have to
live with it, and hope the passing of time mellows it. Since the
United States outgrew Negro slavery, I suppose there is a case to be
made for patience and optimism.

Errrmmm... the US didn't "outgrow" slavery. We fought a very big war
over it.


But if Nazi Germany had been squashed flat the day after the
_Kristallnacht_, the world would have been spared the unpleasantness
of World War II.

Yes, but... we might have gotten to experience the magic of Soviet
domination. Had the Nazis been driven out of power early, the Communists
in Germany would have been in a stronger position to take over. And of
course the Soviet Union wouldn't have been stomped flat by the Luftwaffe
and Wermacht.

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