The Marshall Plan was developed well after World War II was over, in the absence of any other sensible plan for dealing with the situation in Germany and Europe. One major reason for its development and ready acceptance was that there was then a hostile great power (the USSR) which was benefiting from the chaos and despair in Europe. That said, the U.S. was a different country then.
Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Mike Weaver wrote: > Germany and Japan were occupied with a long-range plan - The Marshall > Plan. Arguably it worked. > > Afganistan and Iraq were flattened and then... _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/