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Originally Posted by JohnR
Ever here of the uhh, err, Marshall PLan? Technically, "WE" only had troops in 1/4th of Germany, France, the UK, and the Sovs split up the rest plus a 4 way split of Berlin (who here has taken the Berlin Night Train   ). The ideological difference of the Soviets brought the Iron Curtain and resulted in the Berlin Airlift.
We did rebuild Germany and Japan and we, or at least our parents and grandparents and Capesams  , paid a goodly portion of it. We instituted the governments there and got them started too. But the German people and the Japanese people pulled themselves together and made something of their countries with PRIDE. But they were fully defeated militarily but fortunately did not have much in the way of roving hit squads and suicide bombers. |
thank you john....
just last week a "master of all he surveys" was proclaiming the injustices of Gitmo and I laughed about Amnesty's comment that it was the "Gulag" of our time.
Then I mentioned that 8 or so congressman went down to review the "atrocities" (a cross section of parties mind you) and we have heard nary peep from the press since.
I think when they saw the air conditioning many of the leftists shut up.
how soon people forgot about 9/11 and Madrid and began criticising again....