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To: PieterCasparzen

One might be forgiven, I think, for arguing that no one fared well during or after the war.

Of course, that would require placing certain moral, spritual and/or emotional issues before considerations of profit.


48 posted on 05/14/2013 10:45:04 AM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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To: Jack Hammer

Of course, I’m not referring to human feelings, wounds, deaths, etc.

If one thinks along the lines of a businessman or politician, it’s a different picture.

US financial, political interests reigned supreme. United Nations, UN, IMF, World Bank, a number of large/global businesses, investment banks, etc., etc., just some of the many interests that came out of WWII either new or improved. The rebuilding after a war is always an enormous opportunity for profit for those who are in the rebuilding business, either from the operational or finance side. Also, USSR gained much territory and emerged a superpower. Far too many changes to list here, certainly.

A whole new world emerged out of WWII when you think about it. Us poor “little people” tend to focus on the emotional, however; it can be a real eye-opening for us to see the big picture.


56 posted on 05/14/2013 12:23:46 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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