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My God...
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this is powerful writing.
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Like a blossom
on a tree in spring.
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Add this note.
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''The seeds of this obsession
were sowed long ago
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and now sprang forth
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from the black soil of war.''
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( under his breath )
Or should l say,
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''the black soil of defeat.''
:36:50
lsn't defeat
what you mean?
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Wait a minute.
Something's out of order.
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Before the defeats--
l'm trying to remember...
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The SS death squads
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eliminated hundreds and thousands
of Jews and communists
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in the course
of the invasion of Russia.
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Well, of course that was
:37:12
mostly a military security
operation issue.
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lt was so long ago!
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So much has happened!
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l declared war
on the United States
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on the 11th of December,
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one week after the first
setbacks in Russia.
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l was desperate
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to transcend the agony.
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To appear strong!
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Maybe l need to say,
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uh...
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''Men may see my actions
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as atrocities
of epic proportion,
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l saw them as a way
to relieve tension.''