[familyop]

"The reunification of Germany came about through officials blundering and mispeaking, and people saying as one group “you know, this wall is rather tacky. Let’s get rid of it.” And the east German stasi were eventually overwhelmed by sheer numbers, they could only impotently stand by. Mouths agape."

Also thanks to our forefathers who invaded, occupied and denazified the country in the 1940s.

Denazification, cumulative review. Report, 1 April 1947-30 April 1948.
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.Denazi

It's been good and very interesting. Thanks to both of you. Gotta go for now. "...miles to go before I sleep" (Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening").

[familyop]

Hopefully, it can all be done with the most peaceful means possible—even diplomacy and changes within the leaders themselves. What a surprise that would be. Talk to you later.