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::::::So the truth about France remains a critical issue in French politics, although the facts have been hidden from Americans since WWII. Marine LePen & her father represent the German collaborators of the Vichy regime, whereas the French left are a bunch of Soviet apologists. This remains the defining distinction between left and right in French politics. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Z+]]</sup> 03:06, July 6, 2022 (EDT)
::::::So the truth about France remains a critical issue in French politics, although the facts have been hidden from Americans since WWII. Marine LePen & her father represent the German collaborators of the Vichy regime, whereas the French left are a bunch of Soviet apologists. This remains the defining distinction between left and right in French politics. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Z+]]</sup> 03:06, July 6, 2022 (EDT)
::::::There's a few more things to say about France, for example De Gaulle tried to play the role of mediator and peacemaker by refusing to join NATO (Macron by advocating a negotiated settlement is trying to follow in De Gaulle's footsteps, whereas Boris paraphrases Churchill, "We'll have the Ukrainian proxies fight them on the beaches...etc."). It was De Gaulle who urged Nixon to settle with China and grant them diplomatic recognition.
::::::But next comes Poland - the source of the anti-Russian extremism that guides NATO policy. I'm debating right now whether to write an Essay on the subject, or just add it the Polish History article, ot both.
::::::When we talk about a rump state, ''What is a rump state?'' People will point to Serbia after the loss of its [[Kosovo]] province. But Poland is the rumpiest of rump states. It exceeds the UK since the UK lost its empire. It once was a Great Power stretching from the Baltic to Black Sea. It was, or considered itself, the leader of the Slavic world. Then it disappeared from the map for 125 years (this explains Eastern European, Polish, and Ukrainian anti-Semitism. They blamed Jewish immigration into the Pale of Settlement for the loss of power and destruction of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), So Poland historically has been Russia's chief rival as leader and chief protector of the Slavic world. To keep NATO alive now in the 21st century, the most extreme Polish [[Russophobe]]s have been recruited and have taken over guiding NATO policy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Z+]]</sup> 03:43, July 6, 2022 (EDT)