Fred wrote:
> Also, like Iraq, France and England, after WWI and out of fear,
> imposed their own version of "sanctions" on Germany whose economy was
> so stifled for over a decade that their people were suffering with
> terrible inflation (stamps cost a million or more marks, ask any
> collector) and, in desperation turned to Hitler as their saviour.
>
> Unknowingly, France and England had brought this on themselves. So
> much so that, in the late '30s, many Americans took an isolationist
> stance in regards to pulling the French & English chestnuts out of
> the fire.

This is true, but I think if they had stuck to the military sanctions...

>
> "The way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend."
>   - Abraham Lincoln

"Friends don't let friends drive planes (into buildings)."

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