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الله أكبر 真主偉大 神は大きい 신은 크다 Бог велик Dieu est grand Gott ist groß Deus é grande  El dios es grande Allāhu Akbar God is great My username here is "Hojimachong", but my nickname is "Hoji". I didn't give it to myself, but pretty much everybody ends up using it after addressing me two or three times. Please, use my nickname... it makes the site more friendly.


 * Times I have been blocked in jest: 1
 * Times I have blocked in jest: 1

Current Reading Selection:The Histories, by Herodotus

I'm a SYSOP, so ask me if you have any questions.

YES, I am a CHRISTIAN, albeit a fairly liberal one ;-).

דאויד.מונהגֻ טאלכ

Matthew 5:3-12

 * 3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
 * 4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Is. 61.2
 * 5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Ps. 37.11
 * 6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Is. 55.1, 2
 * 7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
 * 8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Ps. 24.4, 5
 * 9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
 * 10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: 1 Pet. 3.14 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
 * 11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 1 Pet. 4.14
 * 12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Userspace

 * /Sandbox
 * /Evolution
 * /Evidence of Evolution
 * /CP Lore
 * /Eastern Front
 * /Articles I'd Like To See Written

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Users I respect

 * Andy: 'Nuff said.
 * Ed Poor: Ed is by and large honest and upright, and usually fair. Also, he is quite friendly.
 * Philip J. Rayment: Though Philip and I have extremely different points of view, he has never lost his cool or called people names; Philip prefers logic and talk, and tries to reach a conclusion.
 * DanH: "Fair and Balanced", and a generally good all-around guy.
 * CPAdmin1: Fair, agreeable, and approachable.
 * TK: Though TK and I have vastly different editorial philosophies, we still find common ground.
 * Conservative: Because his faith is so undeniably strong.
 * Jeremiah4-22: A good editor.
 * Joaquín Martínez: Friendly, hard worker.
 * Bohdan: Open, agreeable, and works hard. And because he's from UKRAINE!!!

My Views on Issues

 * Evolution: No evidence has ever been uncovered which is in direct conflict with the fundamentals of evolution. The great thing about the scientific method is that it allows theories to change in light of new evidence.
 * Iraq War: We have better things to be doing, like finding Osama. He's the one who actually killed the 3,000 American citizens...
 * Abortion: Legalized. A fetus is not a functioning human being.
 * Gun Control: I think that military grade weapons (like M-16's and AK-47's) should be severely restricted or banned from civilian ownership; there is no practical reason for having an assault rifle. As for hunting rifles and shotguns, I think there should be a simple background check before the purchase, nothing too severe. For a concealed handgun license, a short class detailing gun safety and a background check should be required.
 * Homosexuality: They aren't hurting anybody, they don't pose a threat, and most of the claims against them are archaic and/or ridiculous. Refer to the last section of my userpage for a specific, legal view of it.
 * Premarital sex: Be safe, wear a condom. It also reduces divorce rates; you wouldn't want to buy a new car without test-driving it first.
 * Abstinence education: Irresponsible. Teens are going to fornicate, regardless of how much they are scared into thinking that they will automatically get STD's and get pregnant. It makes much more sense to make sure they know how to have safe sex, rather than do it and not know how to protect themselves.
 * Creationism/ID in science class: If either of them actually included legitimate science, it would be great. But neither of them do, and neither of them have anything that even resembles support amongst the experts (scientists). Also, they are not falsifiable. You cannot test for the existence of a God (or "Intelligent Designer"). It is also based off an unquestionable preconcieved conclusion; the Bible. Science does not work by making a conclusion before an answer, it works by starting with nothing, gathering evidence, making conclusions, and conducting more experiments using the data gathered in previous experiments.

From the US Declaration of Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

''I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the People, by the People, for the People; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; A democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many Sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of Freedom, Equality, Justice, and Humanity for which American Patriots sacrificed their Lives and Fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to Love it; to Support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to Respect its Flag; and to defend it against all enemies. -William Tyler Page ''

B4B
"I think you dimwitted liberals and heliofascists and vegans are just jealous that little Brian Benson is smarter than you. You secretly all wish that you had thought of his experiment, but since your brains are so addled with Darwinism and marijuana cigarettes and soy and recycling that it never even occurred to you."

-I do have an account at that other place, under the same username

The Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) encompassed the war in Eastern Europe during World War II, primarily between the Soviet Union's Red Army, and the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. The Eastern Front was easily the largest, deadliest, most destructive, and most costly theatre of battle in human history. Conservative estimates place the number of dead near 30 million (5 million Axis soldiers, 10 million Soviet military personnel, and around 14 million Soviet citizens) The front is notable for including the largest tank battle in history (Battle of Kursk) and the deadliest battle in history (Battle of Stalingrad).

Prelude
Since the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in August 1939, military activity in Eastern Europe had been relatively quiet; German forces had been busy conquering Denmark, Norway, France, and the Balkan countries, culminating in the capture of Greece on April 30, 1941. Once the assimilation of Western Europe under Nazi rule was complete, Germany saw it fit to eliminate the "leftist threat" of the USSR.

Pre-war Nazi-Soviet Relationship
Until the attack commenced, German-Soviet relations were good; Stalin was either ignorant of preparations to to attack, or at least keen to dispel its threat. A Soviet broadcast of June 13th 1941 stated, "the despatch of German trops into the east and north-east areas of Germany must be assumed to be due to motives which have no connection with Russia." A common theory is that these troops were being staged in Eastern Europe for a planned invasion of Scandinavian countries. From 1940 to 1941, the Soviet Union was the largest trade partner of Nazi Germany.

Reasons for War
One of the main driving forces of the war was the extreme ideological difference between the far-right Nazis and the far-left communists. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, was known as an extremely eloquent speaker, and had spent the last several years convincing the German people that communists (along with Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, and homosexuals) were untermensch, or "subhuman". Hitler also exploited the deep sentiments many Germans felt about the German defeat of World War I, which continued to affect the German economy up to and during World War II. This was further exacerbated by the perpetually strong nationalism that has always been prevalent in German countries.

The Nazi party also came up with many controversial reasons to invade, which they used to gain support among the German population. Interestingly, these reasons surfaced after the Nazis began the invasion. Some of these reasons were:
 * Ukraine could become a reliable source of agricultural resources.
 * The labor shortage of Germany could be alleviated after the war by the introduction of the soldiers in to the workforce.
 * The Soviet Union would provide a seemingly limitless source of slave labour.

Operation Barbarossa, June 1941
Main Article: Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion plan, began on June 22, 1941. Approximately 3 million Nazi soldiers, supported by Italian and Romanian units, stormed into the Soviet Union.

Axis forces were divided into three groups of armies, Army Group North (objectives the Baltic States and Leningrad), Army Group Centre (objectives Smolensk and Moscow) and Army Group South (objectives Kiev and the Ukraine). The Finnish army was to co-ordinate with Army Group North, attacking Leningrad from the north, and the Italian and Romanian forces operated as part of Army Group South.

Panzer divisions managed to cut off hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers in to pockets, where they were chewed up by Nazi infantry battalions. In addition, the Nazi Luftwaffe bombed Soviet airfields, destroying most of the obsolete Soviet Air Force before it could get off of the ground. After German forces captured Smolensk in July 1941, Soviet forces began to retreat east towards Moscow. Simultaneously, Army Group North cut the rail link from Leningrad to Moscow, beginning the 900-day Siege of Leningrad.

Attack on Rostov, November 1941
While the 3rd and 4th Panzer armies marched towards Moscow, the Nazi Army Group South launched an attack on the city of Rostov, considered the "gateway to the Caucasus" (See Battle of Rostov). However, Nazi lines were spread much too thin, and a Soviet counterattack successfully destroyed the 1st Panzer Army, forcing the rest of the German forces to retreat; this marked the first German withdrawal of the war. The attack on Rostov is usually considered the end of Operation Barbarossa, and the beginning of the Winter Campaign.

Battle of Moscow, December 1941
Main Article: Battle of Moscow

Nazi leaders had expected their forces to capture Moscow by mid-autumn, and the Wehrmacht were ill-equipped to fight in the brutal Russian winter. Taking note of this weakness, Soviet leaders began transferring fresh Soviet units from Siberia to the front lines. By the time the Germans attacked Moscow, approximately 1.2 million Soviet soldiers, 1,000 tanks, and 7,500 artillery pieces guarded Moscow.

The Battle of Moscow began on October 2, 1941, with Operation Typhoon. While German forces advanced to within 75mi. (stopped at the Mozhaysk Line by Soviet resistance forces) of Moscow, Joseph Stalin ordered the traditional Russian military parade, with the units in the parade marching directly to the front lines. Meanwhile, Soviet troops from Siberia were shipped off to Moscow. On December 5, these fresh Soviet forces attacked German lines, splitting the attacking force in two.

The Battle of Moscow is traditionally split into two phases; the original German offensive on Moscow, and the Soviet counter-offensive, which successfully drove back the invading German forces. The failure of German forces in the battle of Moscow is usually attributed to the German lack of sufficient supplies, and the inability to function during a Russian Winter.

Stalingrad, Winter 1942
Main Article: Battle of Stalingrad

As the Third and Fourth Panzer armies assailed Moscow, the German Sixth Army, the Romanian Third and Fourth Armies, the Italian Second Army, and the Hungarian Second Army converged on Stalingrad, to initiate on August 21 what would become the bloodiest battle in human history. On November 19, Soviet forces (the 1st Guards Army, 5th Tank Army, and 21st Army) attacked the German flanks, defended by ill-equipped Romanian and Hungarian troops. A breakthrough was achieved, trapping some 250,000 German troops in a pocket between the attacking Soviet Armies and the city of Stalingrad. As the encircling Soviets began to attack, German forces fought their way from the suburbs of Stalingrad into the city itself. On February 2nd, the remaining Germans surrendered; combat, disease, and malnutrition had trimmed the Sitxh army into a paltry 91,000 men. Only 6,000 of these men would survive Soviet POW camps.

Kursk, Summer 1943
Main Article: Battle of Kursk

After the failed attack on Stalingrad, Hitler caved to pressure from his top generals and agreed to an attack on Kursk, some 280 miles south of Moscow. The German attack on Kursk was scheduled to begin in the spring, though was delayed for several months as new supplies were shipped in. During this period, the Red Army reinforced Kursk with more anti-tank firepower that had ever been seen in modern warfare (and has never been seen since). Approximately 800,000 German infantry, 2,700 German tanks, and 1,800 German aircraft began their attack on Kursk (dubbed Operation Citadel) began the attack on Kursk on July 5.

Aftermath
The manpower and material resources of the Soviet Union would seem to suggest an easy Soviet victory in the war. However, most of the officers in the Soviet Army were jailed or killed during Stalin's Great Purge. This left very young and ill-trained officers in charge of Soviet units.

Soviet Officers killed in the Great Purge

 * Army Commissars: 16 out of 16
 * Army Commanders: 13 out of 15
 * Division Commanders: 154 out of 186
 * Marshals: 3 out of 5
 * Admirals: 8 out of 9
 * Army Corps Commanders: 50 out of 57

Casualties
The staggering casualties suffered by both the Soviet Union and Germany during the conflict make the Eastern Front of World War II the single deadliest theater of conflict in human history. A total of over 20 million lives were lost (over 50% of that number being Soviet soldiers). Historian Michael Ellman gives a detailed report, wherein an estimate of 27 million deaths is given. Several other sources place the number of deaths from 7 million to 30 million.

Economic Consequences
Both the Soviets and the Nazis utilized scorched earth tactics, burning crops, livestocks, and homesteads. This left many Soviet citizens without food, shelter, or potable water. According to Lieutenant General Roman Rudenko at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, the property damage to the Soviet Union during the war was approximately 679 billion rubles. 2508 church buildings, 1710 towns, 70,000 villages/hamlets, 31,850 industrial establishments, 40,000 miles of railroad, 4100 railroad stations, 40,000 hospitals, 84,000 schools, and 43,000 public libraries were destroyed. In addition, 7 million horses and 17 million sheep and goats were slaughtered or driven off.