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To: Earlie who wrote (83204)	8/22/2000 1:59:47 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 132070

Hi Earlie; Re returning or not from the second WW. My uncle didn't make it, and my dad gets a bit lost in thought whenever the anniversary rolls around. Re Germany's u-boats. I understand that this service had the highest death rate of any armed service in the war, 70%. I dang near ended up in the US nuclear submarine fleet. For a youth of 22 to have to consider the possibility of being ordered to send hydrogen bombs to many millions of more or less innocent civilians... Realizing that the cold war is now truly dead and cold is one of the things that never fails to brighten my day. Most of the time fully polarized great power conflicts end in horrible conflict, but this time, the most important time ever, we avoided the full conflagration. (Thank God!) This world really hasn't been without a great power conflict situation since 1914. Now almost the whole world is democratic and capitalist, or at least slowly drifting that way, and we don't even bother to rattle sabers at each other, but instead make inconsequential demands that the other guy allow us to sell him more food. The transition to full peace time will take another decade I suppose. (And then, the End of History?) When I contemplated the sub service in the late 80s, it still appeared that Communism was likely to win. Sad that Russia lost so many this past week. -- Carl

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