04-06-2003, 12:44 AM
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garden police gone wild?
In article ,
wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 17:27:00 GMT, "Cereoid-UR12yo" wrote
in rec.gardens.edible:
Look in your own back yard before criticizing the country that saved your
up-tight asses in two world wars.
World War I was 1914 - 1918. The United States entered the war in 1917
and did
not save anyone's ass.
World War II was 1939 - 1945. The United States entered the war late in 1941
after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Battle of Britain had already been
fought
and won, by Britain, by the summer of 1941. Hitler had already turned
the bulk
of his troops and equipment toward Russia, where he suffered such severe
losses
of both men and materials that he might as well have surrendered at that time
(as an aside, this is the same mistake that Napolean made and the same
consequences). The outcome of World War II was already established when
the US
entered it; although, US entry greatly expedited the end of the war.
Why is this discussion happening in the gardening groups?
--
Gardening Zones
Actually, a pretty good argument could be made that without the Patten in
Africa & without the US's hard-won liberation especially of France,
Germany might still have taken Europe down, & most certainly England
couldn't've stopped them. But I'm not up to that particular argument just
now, as I have trouble drumming up much jingoism even where it might
belong.
-paghat the ratgirl
--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
See the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com/
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