tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post8266508395660918109..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: History Started On January 20, 2009William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-74598839945823160142010-04-26T14:12:26.426-04:002010-04-26T14:12:26.426-04:00...Hello William
I believe the Elbe river meeting......Hello William<br /><br />I believe the Elbe river meeting should be commemorated with a shudder, not a celebration or a press release. It signalled the end of a "marriage of convenience" brokered by military realists who wanted to defeat Hitler and sort the rest out later. Yes, Hitler was defeated, but Stalin was a horrible "ally" and about to get worse. The handshakes exchanged were a tacit acknowledgement of Stalin's hegemony over eastern Europe, with all that employed. They also represented a tacit decision to forget Katyn and all the other Stalinist transgressions. He was, after all spying against us, occassionally shooting US prisoners and refusing requests for cooperation. Within five years he would be intriguing to start the Korean War. No, I understand a brief commeration with a"hope to the future" phrase or two, but let's not make a big deal of this. Otherwise, the handshakes are too much like those exchanged between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army when they met halfway through Poland.Spartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879069269250337859noreply@blogger.com