Hey Vince,

Eternal arch-enemies Greece and Turkey are now behaving because of the EU. Lifelong foes France and Germany have not fought a war since 1870
... before that it was every 20-25 years...

Err, WW 1 and WW2 springs to mind although they did not last long as the French surrendered quickly after being over run

That's a goof of the first magnitude, I obviously got carried away in the writing and I stand corrected...

Trading to end wars works ...

But my point stands in the sense that Turkey and Greece "had to" wind down the warlike rethoric and also "had to" come to an understanding how to work Cyprus.

Plus France and Germany since 1948 have become solid trading partners and hostility is nowhere in sight anymore, one of the key-reasons why the fore-runner of the EU was created ... to make foes trading partners and forget about war.

I should re-read my texts before publishing ... 8-)

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Hello Ward!

Monday January 02 2023 18:03, you wrote to alexander koryagin:

But in a fascist country as Ukraine -- people of national
minorities started to get orders how they must live from now on.
This situation is even worse than the situation with Putin's
regime.

These people's nationality by every rule in the book was "Ukrainian".

Ukraine is a stable democratic country with a stable elected
government. There are elections; wanna change the country? Do it via elections the way we do, the way the whole of the EU does... A
minority? The rights of minorities are guaranteed in the EU ... let
Ukraine enter the EU and the rights of the minorities will be
recognized. It works.

Eternal arch-enemies Greece and Turkey are now behaving because of the
EU. Lifelong foes France and Germany have not fought a war since 1870
... before that it was every 20-25 years...

Err, WW 1 and WW2 springs to mind although they did not last long as the French surrendered
quickly after being over run

Trading to end wars works ...

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Vincent

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Hello Ward!

Monday January 02 2023 19:59, you wrote to me:

Hey Vince,

Eternal arch-enemies Greece and Turkey are now behaving because

of the

EU. Lifelong foes France and Germany have not fought a war since

1870

... before that it was every 20-25 years...

Err, WW 1 and WW2 springs to mind although they did not last long
as the French surrendered quickly after being over run

That's a goof of the first magnitude, I obviously got carried away in
the writing and I stand corrected...

Trading to end wars works ...

But my point stands in the sense that Turkey and Greece "had to" wind
down the warlike rethoric and also "had to" come to an understanding
how to work Cyprus.

Plus France and Germany since 1948 have become solid trading partners
and hostility is nowhere in sight anymore, one of the key-reasons why
the fore-runner of the EU was created ... to make foes trading
partners and forget about war.

I should re-read my texts before publishing ... 8-)

Know the feeling but for me it is called age :(


Vincent

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Vince,

I should re-read my texts before publishing ... 8-)

Know the feeling but for me it is called age :(

I thought it was because you live on an island ... :-)

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