[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

That would be von C's rule 1: "In all things be very strong."...starting with good geography ie: don't be 'twixt the British Empire to the West and the Russian Empire to the East; seeking "a Teutonic place in the sun" from 1914 to 1945...with a 20 year armistice to grow more expendible cannon fodder. We live in the chaos of the 20 th century's still no wiser(gotterdammerung) and are in WW 2.5 with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea all at the same time.... thanks fer nuthin' Wilhelm II.

Or as the saying goes, "A man's got to know his limitations"