Re: The New German Anti-Semitism...

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:49:17 +0000 (UTC),
real-not-anti-spam-address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (D.M. Procida) wrote:

Eli Grubman <eli.grubman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Considering that Germany has started 100% of the World Wars to date, I
think you should worry.

"We taught them a lesson in 1918
And they've hardly bothered us since then..."

Old habits die hard, though. If you had to bet who would start the
next World War (not necessarily when) I think Germany would be an
odds-on favourite.

That's absurd. The vast majority of Germans are so wary of militarism
and nationalism that it took them until the 2006 World Cup to start
feeling it was OK to wave a flag about.

And now they feel comfortable waving a flag about, what comes next?
It's only been 60+ years since the last one. What was it George
Santayana said about those who do not remember history?

Eli

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