My apologies for the typo - Of course WWI is correct.
A time machine is not required !


"Al Klein" <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 22:41:33 -0000, "Polly Peck" <Polly.1@hotmail.com>
> posted to alt.atheism:
>
> >Everybody with a bit of historical knowledge knows Isreal was created in
> >return for a war request to the famous scientist Chaim Wiezamnn (a
> >passionate Zionist) for tonnes of acetone, for the 2nd world war effort:
In
> >the words of Prime Minister Lloyd George:
>
> How did that work when WWII took place in the 30s and 40s and ...
>
> >"When our difficulties were solved through Dr Wiezmanns genius (in
creating
> >the acetone for the war effort) continues Lloyd George, I said to him,
'You
> >have rendered a great service to the state, and I should like to ask the
> >British Prime Minister to recommend you to his majesty for some sort of
> >honor' Wiezamnn  replied 'There is nothing you can do for me, but you can
do
> >something for my people.
>
> >That was the fount and origin of the famous declaration about the
national
> >homeland for jews in Palestine. The famous declaration came to be called
the
> >Balfour declarartion
>
> ... the Balfour declaration was made November 2, 1917?  Did the
> British know, in 1917, that there would be another war in 21 years and
> that a Jew named Wiezmann would do something vital for the British war
> effort?
>
> Can *I* get the time machine they used?
> --
> "I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the
structure of the world
> insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it."
> - Letter to S. Flesch, April 16, 1954; Einstein Archive 30-1154
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