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To: The Philosopher who wrote (4459)	2/16/2003 12:31:11 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7720

The reparations under the Treaty of Versailles involved an intent to make the Germans suffer for their role in WWI. This is why, IMO, WWII was a natural outgrowth of WWI. Since I wasn't there, I've got to rely upon the readings of history I've had access to and the reports of my elders who were there. A consistent reporting from historians seems to support the conjecture that this mentality of pay-back is precisely what let conditions get so bad in Weimar Republic. The Germans "deserved it" and things were so bad for the Allies with respect to the world-wide Depression, there was not much support for opinions to the contrary. Had this not been done, it is unlikely that a figure like Hitler would have had the ability to draw upon German Nationalism to the degree he did. We are in the mode of wanting Muslims to suffer in a similar way. There is a similarity and it is likely to produce the very solidarity we say we fear. We'd better be really sure we keep a hold of the reins if we try to make Tommy Franks into the Governor of Iraq a la MacAurthur in Japan. Fortunately MacAurthur had the sense to not humiliate the underlying culture and the Emperor. Had we put the Emperor on trial, things would have gone very differently.