aw. RE: Von Braun

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

Henry schrieb:
>I have been thinking about this subject for years, as I'm sure have many if
>not most or all of the P-Liste.  One thought that I keep returning to is 
>the
>difference between starting a fight and ending it.  (Ever read "Ender?"  
>Not
>a great book, but a very good read.)  That there were Americans who wanted
>to punch the hell out Germany and make sure that they didn't get back up,
>while not kindness and light, makes sense.  I don't think that we wait for
>"three strikes" to put a convicted cold-blooded sociopathic murderer away
>for life, do we?

This is hopefully nothing but a terrible misunderstanding ... You are not 
really suggesting that the so called Morgenthau-plan which would have meant 
Germany's complete de-industrialization and thus the death of at least 
several hundred thousands, probably millions of German people (most of them 
women and children) would have been the right thing to do? Say it ain't so!

>
>From memory:
>
>Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,
>But that couldn't happen again.
>We taught them a lesson in 1918,
>And they've hardly bothered us since then.
>
>So...
>

Ever read J.M. Keynes' "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" [1919]? 
Could be an eye-opener. For me at least it was.

Peace! Kai