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To: Old Teufel Hunden

But I could understand the German side of the argument.

“Why should Britain and France have their empires and not us?”


58 posted on 09/10/2018 12:41:07 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I guess I would say if you look at what was going on in 1870, the Germans were happy with the way things were. A confederation of principalities that only got together in national emergencies such as war. Many historians believe that Bismark manufactured the war to create the German empire. I know I talked about Monday morning quarterbacking, but I believe at the time this was something countries at the time fretted over (German unification).

I’m really not saying that the Germans are wrong, I guess why I originally brought this up is because two world wars were about settling this issue and they have basically achieved this through the creation of the EU (German Hegemony of Europe) all without an army. In a word, brilliant!! On top of that, they have basically contracted out their countries protection to us!

I’m saying that unless Britain wants to be subsumed by German hegemony, they should stick with their Brexit plan. It’s going to be difficult, but in the long run they will be out from under the yoke of Berlin and Brussels and be better off for it.


60 posted on 09/10/2018 1:05:20 PM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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