Re: What 'War' Was That Idiot Talking about?

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:35:48 -0700, lorad wrote:

> On Jul 22, 8:16 pm, dead kennedy haters <bvall...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> .> >The problem is that even Obama and the New York Times admit that we
>> > >won the war.
>> .
>> > SO we can go home then?
>>
>> .
>> That was the approach we used after WWI.  By abandoning Germany and
>> returning home after the war, we allowed Adolf Hitler to rise to
>> power.
> 
> Them's the breaks, eh?
> (ever here of runaway inflation caused by the Versailles Treaty?)
> 
>> After WWII, having learned our lesson, the United States instituted
>> the Marshal Plan which, in today's money, cost trillions.  Thanks to
>> that forward looking plan, we know have powerful allies instead of
>> powerful enemies.
> 
> A wunnerful a wunnerful.
> 
>> So tell me - why do you want to emulate the plan that brought us Adolf
>> Hitler instead of the one that brought about lasting peace?
> 
> ???
> Why are you attempting to analogize permanent occupation of other
> peoples countries - with Marshall Plans?
> That's stupid.
> And illegal.

Mostly it is unnecessary and unprofitable.

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