A mere 70 years ago today, on November 22, 1942 a Soviet counteroffensive against the German Army at Stalingrad trapped a quarter-million German soldiers south of Kalach on the River Don.
It was on this day that Friedrich Paulus requested from Berlin permission to surrender. Permission was refused.
It's that slaughter, that madness that forced the leaders of Europe to see another way. So we have the European Union.
Today in Brussels the leaders of 27 EU states will meet to discuss a new budget.
How fortunate we are.
It's a far cry from the blood of close to two million people and the icy waters of the rivers Don and Volga.
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