With his joke because it is not really a joke, but one of my polish students told me this. You know, i am a historian. I am aware of the difficulties that poland has had being between these great powers, the habsburgs and the romanovs. More often than not, we think about the czars and the prussian kings and the problems that lie in there. I had asked my polish student, i said, who would you fight first, the germans or the russians . And he thought about it and he said, it is not hard. We fight the germans first. Business before pleasure. [laughter] john kuehn ok, i dont know if that was supported by the last three. This is one of those kind of things where you go, is this the year of decisions, sort of a restorable question rhetorical question . I will say yes, but because all of the years and years of decisions, certainly 1914 is a year of decisions, because we do not have a year of decisions if we dont have 1914. We will talk about why none of those years of decisions really achieved
Riding and publishing. In 2017 he will release is eagerly anticipated book certainly by me americas first general staff. Uehn will expertly highlight the german decision to resume unrestricted submarine warfare, while examining the horrific campaigns that occurred simultaneously on lands. Please give a gracious welcome uehn. John t. K [applause] dr. Kuehn i dont know question start with his joke because it is not really a joke, but one of my polish students told this to me. If it has artie been told in this venue, then i will have to apologize upfront. But you know, i am a historian. I am aware of the difficulties that poland has had being between these great powers, the habsburgs and the romanovs. More often than not, we think about the czars and the prussian kings and the problems that lie in there. I had asked my polish student, i said, who would you fight first, the germans or the russians . And he thought about it and he said, it is not hard. We fight the germans first. Business b
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Second trial and agrees to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller. What will he reveal . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. A weather disaster playing out right now in the carolinas. Florence is parked and almost sitting in place, slamming the region with wind and rain. Were seeing dramatic flood rescues with many people still trapped and they are pleading right now for help. And now florence is a killer storm with reports of the first deaths coming in. Well talk about the breaking news from the commandant with the coast guard. We have key locations throughout the disaster zone. Lets begin with the dramatic rescues taking place right now. Cnns ed lavandera in the areas hardest hit. Some people are still waiting for help. Whats the latest . Reporter hi, wolf. Its been a dramatic day here. Very reminiscent of what happened a year ago during Hurricane Harvey in houston where private citizens descended on the small town, launching their own b