tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674902.post115634036358690232..comments2023-09-29T07:43:46.743-04:00Comments on Ratfuck Diary: What Is Lieberman Talking About?Joy Tommehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058291043480356463noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8674902.post-1156373513671178602006-08-23T18:51:00.000-04:002006-08-23T18:51:00.000-04:00Lieberman apparently doesn't know anything about h...Lieberman apparently doesn't know anything about history either. "We" didn't try to contain the Nazis in the Spanish Civil War. In fact (courtesy of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia</A>):<BR/><BR/>"The Nationalists (Franco) received substantial overt aid in the form of arms and troops from Germany (Hitler) and Italy (Mussolini). The Republicans (the anti-Franco forces) received no aid from any major world power other than the Soviet Union, from whom they could purchase arms, thanks to their control of the Spanish gold reserves located in Madrid at the beginning of the war. At this time, Britain and France were deeply divided politically and had weak governments, while the <B>United States was isolationist, neutralist, and was little concerned</B> with what it largely saw as an internal matter in a European country. Nevertheless, from the outset the Nationalists received important support from some elements of American business. The American-owned Vacuum Oil Company in Tangier, for example, refused to sell to Republican ships and the Texas Oil Company supplied gasoline on credit to Franco until the war's end. "<BR/><BR/>Also, who the hell is he comparing to the Nazis here? Is he comparing the army of a heavily militarized industrial power with a gang of Arabs hiding in caves somewhere? The people of CT shouldn't elect him senator, they should have him committed. The guy's certifiable!Charles Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975241234146573609noreply@blogger.com