K P wrote:
The problem is also speaking of the past in the present tense. The world was, gasp, a different world in 1914 than it is in 2007. I'm just aghast at the lack of an historical perspective that comes across in so many Wikipedia articles. When I see statements like the above about all American prime minsters being more famous than Polish ones it really makes me wonder about the type of thinking that even went into the statement--the world of international relations does not exist in a vacuum, and Poland is not Monaco. Not even close.
So tell me: Who is the most famous American prime minister of all time? :-)
Ec