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originally posted by: stumason
a reply to: KrzYma
Germany and Japan both surrendered, unconditionally. There was no need for them to sign anything, they simply did as they were told as the defeated party and agreed to as much by laying down their arms...
Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland on the confirmation of the frontier between them, 14 November 1990
New EU Sanctions Mark A New Phase Against Putin
The European Union agreed for the first time on Tuesday to impose broad sanctions against Russian oil companies, banks and defense firms, by far the strongest international action yet over Moscow's support for rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The United States could announce new measures of its own "as soon as today", the White House said.
The measures mark the start of a new phase in the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the Cold War, which worsened dramatically after the downing of Malaysian flight MH17 over rebel-held territory on July 17 by what Western countries say was a Russian-supplied missile.
originally posted by: stumason
a reply to: KrzYma
Germany and Japan both surrendered, unconditionally. There was no need for them to sign anything, they simply did as they were told as the defeated party and agreed to as much by laying down their arms...
In the Potsdam Agreement of 1945, the Allies of World War II had defined the Oder-Neisse Line as the line of demarcation between the Soviet occupation zone in Germany and Poland, pending the final determination of Poland's western frontier in a later peace settlement. The Treaty of Zgorzelec of 1950 between East Germany and the People's Republic of Poland confirmed this border as final. West Germany, which saw itself as the only legal successor to the German Reich and did not recognize East Germany, insisted that final settlement on the Polish-German border could only be accepted by a future reunited Germany. Although West Germany, for all practical purposes, accepted the Oder-Neisse border in the Treaty of Warsaw (1970), its legal caveat that only a future peace treaty would formally settle the issue remained in effect.[3]
With German reunification finally within reach in 1990, the Allies of World War II made full sovereignty for Germany conditional on the final recognition of the Oder-Neisse border, as stipulated in article 1.2 of the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany.[4] The signing of a treaty between Germany and Poland recognizing the Oder-Neisse Line as the border under international law was also one of the terms of the Unification Treaty between West and East Germany that was signed and went into effect on 3 October 1990. Poland also wanted this treaty to end the ambiguity that had surrounded the border issue since 1945.
originally posted by: MrPlow
originally posted by: DirtyD
Remember when Romney called Russia America's greatest geopolitical foe? Obama's response was, "The 1980's are calling and they want their foreign policy back because the Cold War's been over for 20 years".
How's that working out for you Obama?
Yeaaaa but Romney didn't say that out of some sort of wisdom based on experience. He really did say that because ideologically, he's stuck in the Reagan era.
originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
Russians may well have more of a will to win. They have proven this time and again, willing to sustain massive losses in order to win in the end.
originally posted by: ufoorbhunter
Russia has a hardened military, proven to beat the best, Europes can't even suppress a bunch of Poppy growers in central Asia after ten long years of trying.
originally posted by: BugOut
The only war coming to Europe is another sequel to a previous war. "Cold War Part 2 - Live Free or Die Hard" with Bruce Willis!! Putin knows Europe/NATO are weak and has no ability to stop Russia from getting the band back together so to speak. Putin is former KGB and knows how to play the game better than the other leaders around the world. Putin controls the media and infrastructure of Russia along with most of the natural gas Europe receives. He has all the cards right now while NATO and the EU are sitting around trying to put a band aid on a massive chest wound! I see Putin testing the waters or probing to see how the world reacts. So far, he is getting a green light to expand. Obama is useless both at home and abroad and is in WAY over his head with Russia.
a reply to: Bassago
And the US is gearing up for it fast.
Budget cuts to slash U.S. Army to smallest since before World War Two