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Skriven 2014-11-17 10:00:00 av TIM RICHARDSON (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JOE DELAHAYE
Ärende: Re: True Nature of Man
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On 11-16-14, JOE DELAHAYE said to TIM RICHARDSON:


JD>Re: Re: True Nature of Man
JD>By: TIM RICHARDSON to WARD DOSSCHE on Sun Nov 16 2014 17:25:00


TR> Your `opinion' and about 1 Mark-fifty will get you a bier in almost any
TR> gesthaus in Germany.


JD>You would have to find a Deutch Mark first, and then find a place
JD>anywhwere in the world that would accept it as payment.  They have Euros
JD>now ya know.  Check yer facts.


TR> But it ain't worth a hoot where the weather's concerned. German money or
TR> no!


TR> First of all...France hasn't won a war all by itself since Joan of Arc
TR> died!


JD>You mean Napoleon never won a war?  Check yer facts.


Napoleon was a Corsican, not a `Frenchman'. Corsica is an island in the
Mediteranian sea much closer to Italy than France. Its language is not a
dialect of French. Corsica is an island *owned* by France for some centuries.


Napoleon studied in French military schools, led French armies, and even
took over the French nation as its emperor. He also led France into some
pretty disasterous war situations. The English, for instance, soundly
defeated him in two important battles; his plans to defeat the British
in Egypt were unsuccessful when Admiral Nelson defeated his forces in
what became known as `the battle of the nile'...and his plans to invade
England were destroyed by a naval battle called the `battle of Trafalgar'.


Plus...France was forced to give up much of Italy.


After some initial successes, one defeat followed another, and his invasion
of Russia was his downfall. He surrendered to allied forces in 1814 and
went into exile on Elba.


He returned for a short time and was defeated again at Waterloo by the
English and the Prussians. His exile to St. Helena was the end of him.


Napoleon, a Corsican, had managed to kick the French in the pants and give
them some guts to fight. But it didn't last long, and in the end France
was lucky to still have its own borders intact.


Napoleon win a war? He died in disgrace, in exile. Defeated.


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