Come up with some kind of mainstream academic like Gerhard Weinberg, Michael Mandelbaum, John Gaddis, Ned Lebow, Richard Betts, Clay Blair, somebody who understands both WWII and is a respected academic figure, then I’ll listen.
Sure, Ill get fly them to LAX, pic them up and take them to Malibu and we can have them say whatever. If you were somebody who plans the itinerary of other people, you’d understand that.
Because you set whatever standard for who is credible or not those you mention are just as credible as however many people think Stalin did have plans to attack Hitler, if the opportunity presented itself. If you knew anything about who Stalin was, you’d understand that.
“The US has contingency plans for developments as a result of actions by other governments, the Despotic regimes in this case are the ones that make active provocations…they start the problem.” That is a real, real oversimplification–both for what we do in the U.S. and what despotic regimes do.
But this is a forum where people post short quips on any topic. If you were a poster here for a long time, you’d understand that.
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