Gosh, the way you put it, it seems like only America was important in any of the wars, NATO, the rebuilding of Germany etc.
I suppose the rest of the world just sits there and watches, right? :-P > -----Original Message----- > From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:39 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Time to pick on the Germans... > > > 1871 - Bismarck founds modern Germany. > > 1890 - Bismarck sacked, warmonger Wilhelm II takes direct control. > > 1914 - Germany starts World War I. > > 1914-1918 - Germany kills millions upon millions of people. > > 1917 - Germany force peace loving Americans to enter war. > > 1918 - Germany loses World War I. > > 1920's - Germans try democracy. > > 1933 - Germans reject democracy, allow Hitler to take power. > > 1939 - Germany starts World War II. > > 1939-1945 - Germany kills millions upon millions of people. > > 1941 - Germany force peace loving Americans to enter war. > > 1945 - Germany loses World War II. > > 1946 - Germans whine about lack of food, America gives > billions in food aid to feed them. > > 1947 - Germans whine about crappy economy, America gives > billions in Marshall Plan aid to rebuild German economy. > > 1948-1949 - America puts ass on line and risks WWIII to save > a few Berliners from Soviet hordes. > > 1949 - Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) established. > > 1950's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from > Soviet hordes. > > 1950's - German 'economic miracle' occurs while America keeps > watch on Soviet hordes. > > 1955 - NATO formed to protect West Germany from Soviet hordes. > > 1960's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from > Soviet hordes. > > 1960's - German students protest war in Vietnam and American > civil rights. > > 1963 - American President John Kennedy makes "Ich bin ein > Berliner" speech. > > 1970's - America spends billions to defend West Germany from > Soviet hordes. > > 1970's - Germans form the Marxist terrorist group Red Army > Faction (RAF). > > 1970's - Leftist German guerrillas burn, loot, and plunder > much of West Germany. > > 1980's - America spends tens of billions to defend West > Germany from Soviet hordes. > > 1980's - German leftists bitch about Pershing II missiles. > > 1987 - American President Ronald Reagan makes "Mr. Gorbachev, > tear down this wall" speech. > > 1989 - Gorbachev tears down Berlin Wall. > > 1990 - German Reunification. > > 1990's - America spends tens of billions to defend Germany > from Islamic hordes. > > 1990's - Germany stands by as ethnic cleansing occurs in Balkans. > > 1993 - Germany joins European Union. > > 1995 - Americans send troops to Bosnia as Germans watch from > the sidelines. > > 1997 - Germans finally send troops to Bosnia. > > 1998 - Hard-line, left-of-left socialist come to power under > Gerhard Schroeder. > > 1999 - American's lead air war to save Kosovo as Germans > watch from the sidelines. > > 2001 - Schroeder offers solidarity to America after 9/11 attacks. > > 2002 - Schroeder bashes America to distract voters during > election campaign. > > 2003 - Germany sees rise in anti-Americanism after several > decades of poor treatment from America. > > AND YOU THOUGHT THE FRENCH WERE A BUNCH OF UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS? > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
