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		euroderf on May 20, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Finland announces migration of its rail network to... When speaking to Americans, I explain the wartime co-operation between Finland and Germany as, "The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my 'friend', but we can do business."

yencabulator on May 20, 2025 [–]

I'd go with "Otherwise they would have attacked us also, and we definitely couldn't afford a war on two fronts."

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