[dirtboy]

By the way, I would not maintain that most of the industrial destruction of Europe was the result of US bombing, as you seem to suggest.

Most of the destruction in the countries of our former enemies was, which is more analogous to the current situation in Afghanistan than, say, Marshall Plan aid to Greece...

[NewAmsterdam]

Even that is only partially true. Although I do not know off-hand the figures you seem to exclude British and Russian bombings of Germany. Most industrial damage in occupied Europe were the result of German dismantling of whole factories and general war-damage. I am not afraid of criticising the US record if I think it honest, but I would not want to accuse the US of destroying Europe's industrial base in WWII.