Re: American Attitudes

[Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten]

"John D. Giorgis" schreef:

> After World War II, America made
> history by choosing *not* to punish the greatest enemies we had ever faced.
>   In all of human history, when great enemies were defeated, the victors
> either salted the earth or turned the defeated into vassals.    The United
> States, however, instead turned its defeated enemies, Germany and Japan,
> into vibrant, independent, and thriving nations of their own.

Only after they realised that WWII was a direct and inevitable result after the
very harsh economic punishments (and as far as I know my history it was among
others especially the American president who pushed for those harsh economic
punishments) after WWI. Well at least they learned something.

Sonja