Re: Whining from foreigners.
From: "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@s...>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 08:43:14 -0400
Subject: Re: Whining from foreigners.
> > Would have depended on the way the war ended, I
> > guess. For a total defeat,
> > yes. For some kind of peace treaty, probably not.
> > Plus, the Germany of the
> > Kaisers time was not the blood-thirsty regime of
> > Hitler, though not exactly
> > a democracy by our standrads, either.
>
> Wouldn't they have been stuck with reparations,
> destruction of border fortifications, etc.? That's a
> loss of freedom.
Why? Those are very temporary conditions. Being forced to live under
another countries laws (or under their authority) is a very different
matter.
ias