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   XPost: soc.culture.baltics, soc.culture.czecho-slovak, soc.culture.russian   
   From: holman@mappi.helsinki.fi   
      
   In article <5ghfa4tk5p88di7m9jumsfo3f50i92voar@4ax.com>, James A. Donald   
    wrote:   
      
   > Anton wrote:   
   > > Finland achieved it's primary goal: sovereignity and   
   > > no Red Army occupation.   
   >   
   > At the cost of honor.   
   >   
   > A cheap enough price, for honor is not so dear as blood,   
   > but acknowledge what was paid.   
   >   
   > > This of course was achieved by a combination of fierce   
   > > armed resistance   
   >   
   > After the Russian defeat of the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad,   
   > it was achieved by renouncing armed resistance.   
      
   Obviously a wise move. It is always prudent to abandon a cause that has   
   become hopeless. Germany refused to do so, and look what happened to it   
   after the war. Finland suffered minor bruises compared to the amputations,   
   destruction, and almost half a century of national humiliation that   
   Germany had to undergo.   
      
   There is no honor in a victory or death mindset, particularly if you are   
   outnumbered more than forty to one and in the post-war environment you   
   will have the victor as your next-door neighbor. You reach an   
   accommodation and move on with your life.   
      
   Regards,   
   Eugene Holman   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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