Re: OT: Another Simberg satire?

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:11:16 GMT, Dave Michelson <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

In the case of Germany, they were heading towards mass starvation at the
end of WW1, but that and the following inflation and depression were
what lead directly to Hitler's rise to power and Germany's quest for
revenge on those it thought had wronged it.

....Point of order: the mass starvation threat didn't occur until the
mid-20's, when the Versalles reparations being paid to the Limeys and
the Frogs were at their peak. They managed to hold it off remarkably
better than expected until the Stock Market Crash threw the global
economy into the shitpile. What most people don't realize is that by
1930, Germany wasn't paying 1/10th of what they were five years ago
because no matter how much sabre rattling you simply couldn't extract
from the German coffers what simply wasn't there to be extracted.

Yes, the post WW I policy of humiliating Germany and demanding severe
reparations was ill-considered. Fortunately, the powers that be
recognized this and resolved to take a different approach after WW II.

....And it's a history lesson for the ages. To prevent an enemy from
resurrecting itself, you conquer it totally as a conqueror, destroy
everything, and then rebuild from scratch to your specifications,
showing the locals that it's far better to be your friend and do
things your way than be independent and do things in the fucked up
fashion you'd been doing them because you didn't know better, much
less being your enemy at the same time. That's why West Germany was
our staunchest ally in Western Europe, and Japan - the 80's land grabs
aside - wound up being our staunchest ally in the area formerly known
as the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

We need to do this to Iran, Syria and Libya, and put an end to all
that bull*** over there once and for all.

OM
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