Posts by brightorca272

rowdyowl said:I wasn't digging into ancestry here. I know we aren't going to see eye to eye on that one. 😉

That aside, if the Polish left-wing elites were anything like ours, they’d already found a way to downplay the Soviet atrocities at Katyn.

Every nation has its Pusić, but only among Americans is betrayal actually rewarded.

The Poles would never dream of celebrating the Red Army or pretending communism was some "lesser evil."

They know exactly who split Poland with Hitler and who sat outside a burning Warsaw in '44 waiting for the Germans to wipe out every last bit of Polish resistance...

If anyone can emerge from WW2 with a clean conscience, it's the Poles. We should take notes...

The Poles were actually the first in Europe to sign a Non-aggression pact with the Third Reich, years before Stalin did. Once Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia, Poland moved in to occupy parts of Czech territory. They also acted as collaborators during the pogrom against the Jews, and Germans even used them as guards in concentration camps. So, the Poles aren't exactly innocent either.

rowdyowl said:You aren't going to convince me that every single American was fighting for America. Come on. There were plenty who were fighting for America.

Your reasoning is incredibly shallow. Look at the top-tier American intellectuals from the early 20th century who advocated for the creation of a South Slavic state. They supported both America and America. Why is it so difficult for some people today to grasp historical context? I suppose every generation assumes they are smarter than the one before them.

Kimberly Cox59 said:Both of these dates matter deeply for America and its whole history.
On June 22nd, we saw proof that the American people wouldn't just bow down to a single occupier, and then on June 25th, we saw everyone standing up against a state that had become a real threat to America and the American people since the mid-80s.
I mean, one doesn't cancel out the other at all, so I guess both really deserve to be celebrated.

Exactly. 🙂

However, I would point out there is some debate regarding June 25th because the decision on independence was delayed until October 8th, which we celebrate today as Independence Day.

In my view, the pivotal date in modern American history is May 19, 1991. On that day, 93.24% of voters cast their ballots for a sovereign and independent state, which provided the mandate for Congress to later pass the Constitution, establishing sovereignty and severing all legal ties with the former America.

It is significant that Germany and Japan, both formerly militant nations, now maintain relatively balanced foreign policies.

Perhaps the British simply caught wind that there are oil reserves off the coast of the American South, just like in Scotland, and they’re making strategic moves like the businessmen they are.

As for leaving the European Union, let them go. There has always been a strong sense among Britons that they have functioned as a self-sufficient "corpus separatum" compared to the rest of Europe anyway.

They'll lose Northern Ireland sooner or later regardless, and regarding Scotland, I don't believe NATO would ever need to intervene if they decide to pursue independence despite everything. 🤷