EL JURAMENTO DEL CAUTIVO El genio dijo al pescador que lo había sacado de la botella de cobre amarillo: Soy uno de los genios heréticos y me rebelé contra Salomón, hijo de David (¡que sobre los dos haya paz!) Fui derrotado; Salomón, hijo de David, me ordenó que abrazara la fe de Dios y que obedeciera sus órdenes. Rehusé; el Rey me encerró en ese recipiente de cobre y estampo el nombre muy alto, y ordenó a los genios sumisos que me arrojaran en el centro del mar. Dije en mi corazón: quien me da la libertad, lo enriqueceré para siempre. Pero un siglo entero pasó, y nadie me dio la libertad. Entonces dije en mi corazón: a quien me dé la libertad, le revelaré todas las artes mágicas de la tierra. Pero cuatrocientos años pasaron y yo seguí en el fondo del mar. Dije entonces: a quien me dé la libertad, yo le otorgaré tres deseos. Pero novecientos años pasaron. Entonces, desesperado juré por el nombre muy alto: a quien me dé la libertad yo lo mataré. Prepárate a morir, oh mi salvador.

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Of course it could have been avoided. a great many scholars argue it happened because of truman's use of fear to gain support. his predecessor fdr was the most popular and charismatic president ever. truman was a machine politician chosen as the least offensive choice around for vp. had henry wallace remained vp and then president, the cold war might not have happened. or had dewey been defeated in the primaries by robert taft, and then taft defeated truman in 48, the cold war also might not have happened. taft was somewhat isolationist, opposing nato and the korean war. wallace believed truman to be unnecessarily provocative in his dealings with the soviets.of course for strong anti communists, they claim the soviets would see any sign of weakness and try to take over the world. but this is a conspiracy theory not backed by evidence. most communist movements were local and not controlled by moscow. stalin had just lost over 20 million people and was exhausted and paranoid. his number one fear was a rearmed germany allied with the us, and truman made his nightmare real with the marshall plan. truman's blunders are at least half responsible for the cold war and neither wallace nor taft would have made them.on top of that, stalin was dying and in poor health. his successor khrushchev was a reformer who ended the forced labor camps, set many political prisoners free, criticized stalin, and declined to build a powerful soviet navy to confront the us. stalin actually proposed a neutral united germany. a paranoid american gov't turned him down, guaranteeing a continued cold war for decades more.