Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
And yes, these reparations are ridiculous as well. When you sell munitions under the banner of neutrality, you can expect some repercussions. America certainly came out ahead financially during WW1.
1: To the best of my knowledge, international law does not forbid neutrals to sell munitions to belligerants, and Germany has done so before.

2: I think Germany would have been very surprised if, for example, the Japanese had blown up a German factory to prevent export of German weapons to Russia during the Russo-Japanese war.

Yes, the arms trade is morally questionable. But it is not somehow worse when The US sells arms to Germany's enemies than it is when Germany sells weapons to someone else's enemy.