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   From: ddfr@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com   
      
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    Anton  wrote:   
      
   > Eugene Holman kirjoitti:   
   > > In article <6v9ma4tb5jaagmeojpke565u19f69u09es@4ax.com>, James A. Donald   
   > >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> Had Finland hung tough till the cold war started, hung   
   > >> tough till 1946, then it would have been in a   
   > >> considerably better position.   
   >   
   > You really are detached from reality.   
   >   
   > > Finland was too small and war weary in the fall of 1944 to "hang tough".   
   > > It was under strong diplomatic pressure from both its neighbors, Sweden   
   > > and the USSR, as well as from the US through Swedish diplomatic   
   > > connections, to make a deal, any deal, and get the hell out of the lost   
   > > cause of a war. The USSR pointed to the fate of Estonia, Latvia, and   
   > > Lithuania as the likely outcome for Finland if it did not make a serious   
   > > effort to get itself out of the war as soon as possible. Germany was the   
   > > only country that decided to "hang tough" to the bitter end, and look what   
   > > happened to it.   
   >   
   >   
   > PS. I'm honoring Peteris' request and dropping s.c.baltics (as well as   
   > other unrelated groups). Followups go to soc.culture.nordic only.   
      
   Thus dropping from the conversation those of us posting from   
   rec.arts.sf.misc.   
      
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