Re: The History of Latvia

On May 1, 12:15=A0pm, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> P=E7teris Cedri=F2=F0 (Peteris Cedrins) wrote:
>
> > The Wiki on Ellemann-Jensen included this line: "Anders Fogh Rasmussen
> > also became the first Danish prime minister to officially denounce the
> > Danish collaboration policy during the second world war as wrong,
> > arguing 'If every country had done as Denmark (i.e. given up without a
> > fight), the outcome of the war would have been clear.'"
>

Luckily, Russia and England hadn't.

And no, even if Latvian and Estonian WaffenSS tried harder to defend
their Nazi Reich, they would not have saved Hitler. In fact, I
suspect, Latvian Red Army units were much better, braver and more
intelligent than the retarded xenophobic Lativan Waffen SS bastards.

>
> Was it right not to fight? This discussion seems to pop up every now and
> then. I find it quite meaningless. The decision back in 1940 was taken
> based on facts and reality as perceived there and then. It may be that
> 12 fallen Danish soldiers was a ridiculously modest sacrifice when the
> freedom of Denmark was at stake. Or that Konstantin P=E4ts sold Estonia
> for nothing in return. But truth is that geography already had decided
> the fate of Balts and Danes: their countries were practically
> undefendable. What remains a mystery, however, is why Norway was so
> easily taken.