Bryon Daly wrote: ... > History never really does fully repeat itself. An American president has > just announced almost a Marshall Plan's worth of spending on a country far > poorer than Germany, two years earlier than Harry Truman did. But Iraq is > far less stable and far more menacing, and the world is less willing to > help. This week, it looks as if the Americans have won the war and lost the > peace -- but we ought to remember that it's looked that way before. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nice find! Germany did have long democratic traditions to work with, though. It had just momentarily forgotten them. : ) Not that that could happen any place else. ---David _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l