Sabri Oncu wrote:
> I don't view WWI and WWII as two separate wars. It was one single war that 
> started in 1914 and ended in 1944, the way I see it. Call it a thirty years 
> war, if you like. <

I wouldn't call it one war, because the government of Germany changed
dramatically. There were a lot of other changes, such as the entry of
Japan into the fray and the rise of the US. It's true that in many
ways WW2 was a continuation of WW1, but in many ways it wasn't.

> With the rest, we are more or less in agreement, accept this: Finance capital 
> has a country, in my view, even today. Goldman is American, Deutsche  Bank is 
> German, Barclays is British, what have you. I once worked at an American 
> place owned by Dresdner Bank, and you should have seen the rivalry among the 
> Brits, Americans and Germans involved in that joint. As the disinterested 
> party, the only Turkish there, I just sat and watched as they were harming 
> one another. Brits were the best and most able players in that game.<

but didn't all that rivalry aid the top management -- and its lust for profits?

BTW, do people from Turkey like to be called "Turkish" or "Turks"?
-- 
Jim Devine / "In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to
be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But
in poetry, it's the exact opposite." -- Paul Dirac
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