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Old 11-21-2012, 06:02 PM
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what won the war?
American money, British intelligent, Russian manpower and French mademoiselles XD
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Old 11-21-2012, 06:12 PM
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I'd say internet revisionist historians won it. Given a couple more generations of twisting, not only will the Axis powers really have been victorious, they will have been the victims in it all by being pushed into a war they didn't want because of evil allied aspirations and expansionism.
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Old 11-22-2012, 03:35 PM
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Imagine how much more developed and enlightened humans and 'humanity' would have become if the resources wasted on conflict were used for the betterment of our species instead of pandering to our tribal and genocidal tendencies.
Then the question posed as the basis for this thread would be unnecessary
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Old 11-22-2012, 03:38 PM
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Imagine how much more developed and enlightened humans and 'humanity' would have become if the resources wasted on conflict were used for the betterment of our species instead of pandering to our tribal and genocidal tendencies.
Then the question posed as the basis for this thread would be unnecessary
Yes, but then there would be no CoD or IL2. Would it really be worth it?

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Old 11-22-2012, 06:46 PM
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Imagine how much more developed and enlightened humans and 'humanity' would have become if the resources wasted on conflict were used for the betterment of our species instead of pandering to our tribal and genocidal tendencies.
Less I guess.
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