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To: 2banana
Of course I have high regards of General Patton, but it was rather Marshal Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov from the Red Army who made us Germans loose the last world war.

In Germany we still use a funny term for someone who has a easy job: "Kamerad von der Westfront" (comrade from the western front). America was and is impressive to us in many ways, but for sure not because of its fighting traditions. Guess what - you should be proud of that.

14 posted on 05/01/2007 9:52:58 PM PDT by Atlantic Bridge (In varietate concordia!)
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To: Atlantic Bridge
In Germany we still use a funny term for someone who has a easy job: "Kamerad von der Westfront" (comrade from the western front). America was and is impressive to us in many ways, but for sure not because of its fighting traditions. Guess what - you should be proud of that.

Go talk to the Japs about that - they may have a different opinion...

15 posted on 05/02/2007 5:29:58 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Atlantic Bridge

You can probably thank American “fighting tradition” that Germany even exists today.

Cheers.


17 posted on 05/08/2007 9:11:32 PM PDT by Eurotwit (WI - CSC)
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