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Penicillin is very effective in saving the lives of useful people but ineffective in preventing useless or rather stupid people from breeding !
Posted by individual, Thursday, 6 August 2020 4:01:01 PM
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Good point, Nasbeen. The Allies had agreed in Europe that Russia could enter the War in the East but only from three months after the official end of the War in Europe, VE-Day, May 8, 1945.

So the Russians were scheduled to enter the War against Japan on August 8, 1945. Which they did, sweeping through Manchuria into Korea in a day or so, occupying Sinkiang and declaring it a People's republic of Eastern Turkestan, or some such. The Chinese Communists didn't go much on that, so it didn't last.

Brutal times.

And yes, penicillin also saved many lives, millions, tens of millions, including - I'm sure - some of the posters here.

Joe
Posted by loudmouth2, Thursday, 6 August 2020 6:19:50 PM
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"mutually assured destruction" policy
Hasbeen,
Pity, the economic policy makers aren't thinking along those lines !
Posted by individual, Thursday, 6 August 2020 8:35:51 PM
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"The Allies had agreed in Europe that Russia could enter the War in the East but only from three months after the official end of the War in Europe, VE-Day, May 8, 1945."

Not quite.

The US was anxious that the Soviets enter the war against Japan ASAP so as to put pressure on the Japanese army in Mongolia and Korea and not allow them to return to the Japanese mainland. Equally they thought additional pressure would encourage early surrender.

Stalin agreed to declare war on Japan WITHIN three months, not after three months. They could have, and were encouraged to, declare war much earlier than 8/8/45.

Its likely that the Soviets entered the war after the first bomb was dropped because they could see the writing on the wall and wanted to grab as much territory as possible before Japan surrendered.
Posted by mhaze, Friday, 7 August 2020 7:36:57 AM
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MAD philosophy is aptly named for some of its supporters on OLO. Now the Crazy Donald is trying to whip up more trouble in the Middle East by claiming, without the slightest evidence, that the terrible explosion in Beirut was an "attack". Attack by whom Donald, the Chinese, Joe Biden and his Democrats, pray tell who Donald? How dangerous to world peace is this guy?
Posted by Paul1405, Friday, 7 August 2020 8:04:47 AM
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Mhaze,

Thanks for that. I'm just a bit sceptical about Russian motives.

Joe
Posted by loudmouth2, Friday, 7 August 2020 10:25:40 AM
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