Re: The corruption of Empire

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From: Larry G
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 04:49

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"JETman" <jetassoc@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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>
> Larry G wrote:

> > The Nazis came into power because England and France demanded that
> > Germany pay full reparations for WWI, putting a tremendous economic onus
> > on the people, and building a hell of a lot of resentment and anger at
the
> > British
> > and French in the first place.  It is my understanding that Wilson
helped
> > broker
> > the peace with Germany, but Britain and France over-ruled his plan as
being
> > too lenient and not sufficiently punitive.  FDR was much more astute
than
> > that
> > moron Truman who followed him.  I get the impression that FDR appeased
> > Stalin only to maintain the alliance long enough to beat the Third
Reich.
> > Truman
> > was the clown who gave away eastern europe and half of Germany because
he
> > pulled a George W. Bush, looked someone in the eye and thought he was a
> > sincere and honest statesman.
> >
>
>
> Well you almost got it right... Truman has to be credited with the
> emergence of the Marshall Plan which prevented the situation that
> resulted after WW I...  Hardly makes him a moron, eh?


It only means that Marshall had been paying attention for the previous
thirty years.  Truman just happened to be in office and had competent
advisors.

cheers,
larry g.



> --
> Regards,
>
> JT (Residing in Austin, Texas)
>
> Just Tooling Down The Internet Superhighway With my G4.......

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