tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post9127020300882793205..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: War of Conquest.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63069698277685260462008-05-11T22:37:00.000-04:002008-05-11T22:37:00.000-04:00Not roughing up or killing an unarmed civilian who...Not roughing up or killing an unarmed civilian who was angry that his country was being invaded shows a lot more good sense that would an "unpleasantly aggressive" response.<BR/><BR/>Isn't Iceland's parliament the oldest continually operating elected legislature on the planet?<BR/><BR/>And, Phlegm, it's alright to be related to Bjork. Just don't wear the outfits.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85157297103431073932008-05-11T02:06:00.000-04:002008-05-11T02:06:00.000-04:00"On this date in 1940, in the middle of World War ..."On this date in 1940, in the middle of World War Two, a great big belligerent nation invaded a tiny neutral country with hardly any armed forces."<BR/><BR/>Holland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88290913582087541442008-05-10T23:40:00.000-04:002008-05-10T23:40:00.000-04:00Does this make us related to Bjork?Does this make us related to Bjork?phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61431765654812709762008-05-10T18:51:00.000-04:002008-05-10T18:51:00.000-04:00...and Finland was hardly unarmed.Although I now h......and Finland was hardly unarmed.<BR/><BR/>Although I now have three of their rifles.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15379926990775259632008-05-10T18:30:00.000-04:002008-05-10T18:30:00.000-04:00I was guessing Finland as I read the first sentenc...I was guessing Finland as I read the first sentence, but it turns out the Winter War started in 1939...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50380138622447519152008-05-10T17:19:00.000-04:002008-05-10T17:19:00.000-04:00Wow, talk about an operation that could be taught ...Wow, talk about an operation that could be taught in war colleges as the definition of half-arsed... but successful.<BR/><BR/>I love the linked wiki, where some annoyed icelander took the rifle away from british soldier, dropped a cigarete down it in disgust, and threw the gun back to him - and told him not to hurt himself. (And then a British officer came over and reamed out the soldier.)<BR/><BR/>Can you imagine if someon did that to a US soldier today? - I hate to say it, but suspect the US troups would be a lot more unpleasantly agressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59646688043731814222008-05-10T14:58:00.000-04:002008-05-10T14:58:00.000-04:00I like a little history, but you tell the most bi...I like a little history, but you tell the most bizarre tales. First it's the ancient Egyptians and now it's Iceland. I wonder what's next?Chuck Pergielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473338620167201696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49021369751007346712008-05-10T14:08:00.000-04:002008-05-10T14:08:00.000-04:00frelsi um aldar og!(http://digicoll.library.wisc.e...frelsi um aldar og!<BR/><BR/><BR/>(http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/IcelOnline/IcelOnlineHome.html)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52149198088035052242008-05-10T13:06:00.000-04:002008-05-10T13:06:00.000-04:00Than Kyew!Than Kyew!Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44792301806719865582008-05-10T12:42:00.000-04:002008-05-10T12:42:00.000-04:00Bad link - trim the %10Bad link - trim the %10Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com