bitmap@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA (06/15/84)
<...> Dateline: late 1930's: a voyage to an alternate universe... --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >From: tac@teldata.UUCP () > > As a question that sticks in my mind, for any of those out there who might >have an answer, try this: > > If what the US did in The World War was so bad, why are there > so many Jewish refugees today? Because "we" left Germany in such a bad state and have steadfastly refused to do anything to change that, treaty obligations be damned. Not only is the U.S. government content in not helping Nazi Germany, but it has gone out of its way to make life very difficult for the new government. Imagine coming to power in a country devasted by years of war and depression, with thousands of maimed and extremely ill people, the national treasury bankrupt - and have the most powerful nations in the world as your international enemies. That's the situation Germany has faced since 1918. The Jews are also a result of rather draconian "re-education" camps established by the Nazi government (which are soon to be closed, by the way.) Certainly Germany deserves criticism for human rights violations. But the U.S. government tends to take a very biased view of human rights, as everyone probably knows. In any event, there's always the question of how to deal with human rights violations. Personally, I think you give needed economic aid and use the resulting leverage to argue for changes. I don't believe in military aid except under the most drastic circumstances (i.e. a foreign attack on the territory of a nation.) M*k* K*lly ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Consistency Check): By the way, Mike, all satire aside: Do you, then, support economic aid to South Africa? Sam Hall ucbvax!ucbtopaz!bitmap
hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick Hawkins) (06/19/84)
Oh yes--the Domino theory!! Isn't that the one that said if Viet Nam fell other countries such as Laos and Cambodia would also fall? Ridiculous notion. hawk