Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/13

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Terror
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:58:44 -0400

> >> Wars have been provoked just to sell
> >> weapons (to both sides, of course). Wars have been declared because a
> >> "friend" had been attacked. Wars have been declared because of economic
> >> problems and religion.
> >
> > In the "civilized" world, between countries?  I am not talking
> about "third
> > world" wars...those, yes, some of what you say is probably true.
>
> Arguably the Great War fulfilled both of the economic and 'friend
> attacked'
> criteria.

Are you trying to tell me the Nazi threat to take over all of Europe...and
then some, was not real?  It was made up by propaganda, that if that
propaganda hadn't provoked the British, there would have been no war?