In article , OzOne wrote:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:55:35 GMT, "Gilligan"
scribbled thusly:

The compromise between good and evil is never good. When dealing with evil,
war (force) is the only solution. Otherwise don't deal with evil. Your
solutions would bring people like Noriega, Saddam Hussien, Hitler(remember
Chamberlain and appeasement), Stalin, Il Jung and others into greater and
greater power. Negotiate with the devil and lose!

Gilligan, a veteran


Interesting isn't it...
Noriega was installed by the US
Saddam was a friend of the US
Hitler was trying to right what the Germans saw as a wrong when they
lost land to Poland and France after the Treaty of Versailles presided
over by Britain, France, Italy and the US

My knowledge of Euro history is pretty ordinary, but didn't Germany
take most of the land it lost at the end of WW1 from France in the war
of 1870?

Seems to me it was the reparations that led to massive inflation and
economic chaos that led to the rise of Hitler more than the loss of
territory. Even the reparations were just playing by the same rules
Germany had used itself, previously.

As for wars, dunno. Basically the Western powers can economically ruin
a country without taking military action. Is this preferable?

PDW