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Politics : Your Thoughts Regarding France? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (343)	3/18/2003 11:06:30 AM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

A Brief History of Germany 1871 - Bismarck founds modern Germany. 1890 - Bismarck sacked, warmonger Wilhelm II takes direct control. 1914 - Germany starts World War I 1914-1918 - Germany kills millions upon millions of people. 1917 - Germany force peace loving Americans to enter war. 1918 - Germany loses World War I. 1920's - Germans try democracy. 1933 - Germans reject democracy, allow Hitler to take power. 1939 - Germany starts World War II. 1939-1945 - Germany kills millions upon millions of people. 1941 - Germany force peace loving Americans to enter war. 1945 - Germany loses World War II. 1946 - Germans whine about lack of food, America gives billions in food aid to feed them. 1947 - Germans whine about crappy economy, America gives billions in Marshall Plan aid to rebuild German economy. 1948-1949 - America puts ass on line and risk WW3 to save a few Berliners from Soviet hordes. 1949 - Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) established. 1950's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1950's - German 'economic miracle' occurs while America keeps watch on Soviet hordes. 1955 - NATO formed to protect West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1960's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1960's - German students protest war in Vietnam and American civil rights. 1963 - American President John Kennedy makes "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech. 1970's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1970's - Germans form the Marxist terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF). 1970's - Leftist German guerrillas burn, loot, and plunder much of West Germany. 1980's - America spends tens of billions to defend West Germany from Soviet hordes. 1980's - German leftist bitch about Pershing II missiles. 1987 - American President Ronald Reagan makes "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech. 1989 - Gorbachev tears down Berlin Wall. 1990 - German Reunification. 1990's - America spends tens of billions to defend Germany from Islamic hordes. 1990's - Germany stands by as ethnic cleansing occurs in Balkans. 1993 - Germany joins European Union. 1995 - Americans send troops to Bosnia as Germans watch from the sidelines. 1997 - Germans finally send troops to Bosnia. 1998 - Hardliner, left-of-left socialist come to power under Gerhard Schroeder. 1999 - American's lead air war to save Kosovo as Germans watch from the sidelines. 2001 - Schroeder offers solidarity to America after 9/11 attacks. 2002 - Schroeder bashes America to distract voters during election campaign. 2003 - Germany sees rise in anti-Americanism due to "several decades of poor treatment from America". AND YOU THOUGHT THE FRENCH WERE A BUNCH OF UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS? (Yes!)