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  1. 10-06-2010, 03:55 #4
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    Default Re: Terrorist Attacks in New York

    Was America cynical? Perhaps. But the verdict of history is that they were correct.

    Demand for reparations for acts of terrorism by Germany = reparations paid

    Demand for reparations for German damage done in France (even unpaid) = terrific propaganda for the Nazis

    I don't blame the French for demanding reparations. It was a mistake anyone could have made in their shoes. However, American foreign policy was correct for a change, although possibly only by luck.

    By the way, it is very comforting to learn that French politicians over the past 90 years or so are so noble. Unlike those cynical Americans, they have never renewed a demand for reparations simply out of generousity. Not once did it occur to them that it might be in France's best national interest to let sleeping dogs lie.

    My apologies if that last part came out sounding anti-French. My point was that the French seem to have reached the same "cynical" conclusion that the Americans did.
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