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Old June 11th 04, 06:11 PM
Paul J. Adam
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In message , Peter Stickney
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In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" writes:
In message , Peter Stickney
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In article ,
WW II in Westeren Europe began on D-day Before that it was just a load of
inefffective feints

Tou'll have to ask teh French, Belgians, Dutch, Danes, adn Norweigians
about that.


Don't forget the Italians.


Well, you _could_ make a case for the Italian invasion of France,
their slight participation in the Battle of Britain (What was it,
something like 3 or so raids), and their invasion of Greece being
ineffective, but they were hardly feints.


I was more thinking of how a veteran of Monte Cassino would react to
being told that it was "a feint".

Also, pretty much every Italian south of the Gothic Line was an
ex-fascist by D-Day, which isn't a bad achievement.

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He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Julius Caesar I:2

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Old June 12th 04, 02:53 PM
Peter Stickney
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In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" writes:
In message , Peter Stickney
writes
In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" writes:
In message , Peter Stickney
writes
In article ,
WW II in Westeren Europe began on D-day Before that it was just a load of
inefffective feints

Tou'll have to ask teh French, Belgians, Dutch, Danes, adn Norweigians
about that.

Don't forget the Italians.


Well, you _could_ make a case for the Italian invasion of France,
their slight participation in the Battle of Britain (What was it,
something like 3 or so raids), and their invasion of Greece being
ineffective, but they were hardly feints.


I was more thinking of how a veteran of Monte Cassino would react to
being told that it was "a feint".


Paul, I said the _Italian_ invasions of France and Greece, in 1940-41.
Where the Italians were stopped at the border, in the case of France,
and couldn't make any headway in Greece. (And yes, fighting in the
mountains isn't easy, but you'd thenk that they'd have done better
against an opponent who was in a state of collapese (June 10, 1940, in
the case of France)

The Allied invasions of Italy were a much different matter. And
hardly feints.

Also, pretty much every Italian south of the Gothic Line was an
ex-fascist by D-Day, which isn't a bad achievement.


And there was no longer an Italian Army on the Eastern Front. That
may or may not have been a big deal to the Soviets, but it was a
not-inconsideratble number of troops.

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Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster
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Old June 10th 04, 08:01 PM
John Galt
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I don't want anything from you or the state. The supporters of
taxation are the ones who want a free ride, on the money confiscated
from me.

Taxation is theft.


Show me a man who resents paying taxes and I'll show you a man looking for a
free ride.


Lisa K. Bernacchio is obviously a statist control-freak. Hitler's
biggest supporters were women, the "soccer-moms" of that time. They
wanted the security the fascists promised and seemed to provide for a
time. In the end they became rape victims of Russian soldiers, and
deservedly so.

All politicians are crooks and all police are punks with badges.
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Old June 10th 04, 08:17 PM
Paul A Thomas
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"John Galt" wrote
The supporters of taxation are the ones who want
a free ride, on the money confiscated from me.



Not true. Generally, the supporters of a tax are those who benefit from
that tax (or program that is funded by the tax). Those may be the people
that also pay the tax, but can include those that do not pay the tax.


--
Paul A. Thomas, CPA
Athens, Georgia
taxman at negia.net



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Old June 11th 04, 04:36 PM
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"John Galt" wrote in message
m...
I don't want anything from you or the state. The supporters of
taxation are the ones who want a free ride, on the money confiscated
from me.


EXACTLY!!



Taxation is theft.


Show me a man who resents paying taxes and I'll show you a man looking

for a
free ride.


Lisa K. Bernacchio is obviously a statist control-freak. Hitler's
biggest supporters were women, the "soccer-moms" of that time. They
wanted the security the fascists promised and seemed to provide for a
time. In the end they became rape victims of Russian soldiers, and
deservedly so.

All politicians are crooks and all police are punks with badges.



 




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