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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: marcos who wrote (110767)8/10/2003 2:14:47 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
>>If the buddhists were to claim the coast of Niedersachsen, and roll in with tanks and machine-guns to set up a state centred on their religion, for their exclusive benefit<<

Mutatis mutandis this happened in the 30 years war, that ended 350 years ago with the Peace of Westphalen. It's so ironic: At the height of pre-Iraq-war frenzy the post-Westphalen state order was being sent to the dumps, Europe was carved up in new and old etc.

It's hard to make mistakes. 30 years war was definitely one ghastly error, committed by all sides in the name of Jesus X the Saviour (sg).

It's even harder, if you don't learn from your mistakes. Europe did. And then blundered into some more mistakes. Like world wars. And holocaust. But at least one thing can not be held agaist Europeans: short attention span. We learnt and we did not forget.

RegZ

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