Re: OK, so Larry himself didn't call it the phony war

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p — 3/28/2003 1:37:26 PM (archived)

He implied no such thing. The term is well known to those who know history.
It did refer to a RELATIVELY inactive period, so named by the people of that time once the horrific hostilities were underway.

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WSJ "Best of the Web" on short attention spans... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 9:25:35 AM
- Re: WSJ - LJ - 3/27/2003 9:51:33 AM
  - It was called the "Phoney War" - Larry J - 3/27/2003 11:14:07 AM
    - Phony war??? Larry J shame on you! - LJ - 3/27/2003 1:39:31 PM
      - OK, so Larry himself didn't call it the phony war - LJ - 3/27/2003 4:29:06 PM
        
        I sometimes forget that most people have not studied military history - Larry J - 3/28/2003 6:19:17 PM
        
        Re: I sometimes forget that most people have not studied military history - LJ - 3/28/2003 6:33:45 PM
        
        Re: OK, so Larry himself didn't call it the phony war - p - 3/28/2003 1:37:26 PM
        
        You are both referring to different gaps. n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/27/2003 5:00:20 PM
      - Dont they teach nothing in North American schools these days? - Tony - 3/27/2003 3:03:56 PM
        
        Sadly, no - Larry J - 3/28/2003 6:32:17 PM
        
        My history lessons stopped at about 1950 - Tony - 3/28/2003 6:40:19 PM
        
        Re: Sadly, no - LJ - 3/28/2003 6:38:31 PM
        
        I would've loved to meet him - Larry J - 3/28/2003 7:13:58 PM
      - Read your history. Churchill called it exactly that.. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 1:45:55 PM
        
        As did millions of people n/t - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 1:55:07 PM
      - Re: Phony war??? Larry J shame on you! - LJ - 3/27/2003 1:41:20 PM
        
        I don't think Larry himself was calling it a "phoney war" - Justin Kelly - 3/27/2003 1:44:47 PM

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