Easy To Conquer, Impossible To Hold


	Easy To Conquer, Impossible To Hold

Socratoad

6-14-2008 10:07 PM

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6-15-2008 9:53 AM

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Didn't they know that the all-powerful British Empire couldn't hold it. Surely they knew the USSR burst itselg on it and it next door.

Is the lesson of history that those that would benefit most from a lesson in history know the lesson least? I'm sure this has been said before in a less clumsy fashion.

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