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"A World on Fire"

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Editorial #3 - From One Nightmare to Another - October_1941

We live in a world that it was thought inconceivable to start another general war in Europe after the crisis of 1914. We now find Europe in a state of general war. The world held its breath as Germany and the Soviet Union began tearing into Poland with heavy artillery, heavy infantry, and air support. We all held our breath to see what would happen next. It has now become apparent that whatever Gleiwitz incident occurred with “Polish” troops firing upon Germans, it was staged by greater motives that wished to soak up Polish independence as soon as possible. It is clear, once again, that we were naïve enough to believe that Hitler would stop at only Czechoslovakia or even Poland.

Germany is on the march again. This time they are moving west. They have quickly taken Norway and Denmark. They penetrated the Maginot Line held by Britain and France in a matter of days. Everyone had predicted another stalemate on trench riddled soil, but it did not and will not happen. British and French troops frantically tried to avoid Hitler’s blood machine known as Blitzkrieg. They have evacuated France.

Hitler has now taken his war a step further - he is mercilessly bombing London and has broken his Nazi-Soviet pact.

Finally, some real answers.

Western Europe is Nazi occupied - Our world is on fire. Germany, there will be blood!

My friends, not three decades later, we have proven that 20 million people died in vain in the Great War. Europe is now embroiled into general war.

Meanwhile, America sleeps. They are rightfully earning their respective 1918 nickname as a society of “Doughboys”. It seems that America cannot quite come to grips with the very real consequences of a Nazi occupied Europe. Our League of Nations was crippled at birth without their “promised” membership.
Is America asleep at the wheel?

Ladies and Gentlemen, what is the next roll of the dice?

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