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   From: rrostrom@comcast.net   
      
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   <3MOdnVUT0PSdOMzAnZ2dnUU7-X3NnZ2d@supernews.com>,   
    "Byker"  wrote:   
      
   > "A Moose in Love"  wrote in message   
   > >   
   > > A most shameful treaty shoved down the throat of the Germans at bayonet   
   > > point.   
      
   It's called "losing a war". Start a war (which Germany did), lose the war,   
   and the winners will decide the terms.   
      
   > > Was it really a treaty, or a provocation for a continued war?   
      
   Hardly anybody in Germany wanted to fight another war. Some Germans were   
   offended that Germany was deprived of military power, but it made no   
   practical difference to the average German.   
      
   Hitler rebuilt German military power, which was gratifying, and then   
   decided to use it. Which was not necessary. Even top commanders like   
   von Brauchitsch and Halder were sure it would end badly.   
   --   
   Nous sommes dans une pot de chambre, et nous y serons emmerdés.   
   --- General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot at Sedan, 1870.   
      
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