Re: Americans loathe "bailouts" for homeowners.



On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:53:57 -0700 (PDT), Twibil
<nowayjose6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mar 15, 5:06 am, totallydeadmail...@xxxxxxxxxxx (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:

Denying that they'd ever fought against the Americans (or the British,
or the Russians, or whomever) was SOP for Germans who were, quite
understandably, anxious to avoid as much one-on-one retribution as
they possibly could.

Quibbling Tribbles 'n all that...

Did the Russians encounter that? ("I only fought the Yanks.") Or did
all German soldiers claim to fight the Norwegians and no one else? (I
spent 4 years in Berlin, 1968-72, and never talked to anyone who
admitted fighting in the war at all.)

--
Turby the Turbosurfer
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