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      Mike wrote -   
      
   > >   IOW, events very seldom happen full blown out of nothing.   
   >    
   > WWII is a perfect example.  There were many small, and not-so-small, events   
   that happened throughout the 1920's and '30's that lead up to the larger   
   events of 1939.   
      
      And a lot of problems go back centuries where some injustice or other   
   simmers below surface before some event finally makes it boil.   
      Like a volcano.  One doesn't notice anything much until it starts   
   smoking and blowing.  But underground things have been going on for a long   
   time.   
      I was watching a documentary on the Congress of Vienna of 1814.   
      That was when the winning allies against Napoleon got together and   
   carved up Europe.  They no longer wanted one or two powerful countries who   
   could   
   cause problems, but some sort of balance of power between them all.   
      Tsar Alexander wanted Poland, as a buffer between Europe and Russia,   
   which he never got.  Russia had eyes on a buffer state so there would never be   
   another European invasion of Russia.  This gave rise to Hitler and Stalin in   
   1940 with Poland and later the    
     Partly explains Putin today, to me.  The doc was made several yeas ago.   
     He wants a buffer between Europe and NATO and Russia, thus the problem in   
   Ukraine today.  It wasn't like Vlad just decided one day out of the blue to   
   invade Ukraine.   
      Joe   
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