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Originally posted by hoosier
Germany, Japan, and Italy - the WWII losers - are prosperous nations which have rebuilt themselves. The USSR - among the WWII winners - wasted their resources on socialism and a police state. They've sent men to space, but can't feed their people.
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themselves?! I believe that they had more than a little help from the victors!
As for what ztawinthropgirl's remark, it's sooo true! I can remember a professor telling us about a 40th year reunion of the Gettysburg veterans. There were film crews, and both the Union veterans and the Confederate veterans were to get to the wall of the "high water mark" and shake hands. Instead, these old geezers started saying, "You're not going to win a second time, Yankee!" and "Dag nab it, you lost before and you'll lose again!"
It must have been a riot!!