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   From: anton.usenet@gmail.com   
      
   David Friedman kirjoitti:   
   > In article ,   
   >  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.   
      
   What? Out of 20.000 or so globally propagated newsgroups your server   
   carries rec.arts.sf.misc, but not the soc.culture.* tree of groups??   
   Unbeliveable!   
      
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   Anton   
      
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