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History would have been quite different if the Allies hadn't been such utter bastards after World War I.
I think that, in my World History class, They (by They" I mean the shadowy political figures who approve textbooks) aren't expecting me to be getting that out of it. They want me to be all "Oh, my God, Germany and Austria-Hungary are SO EVIL!" They want me to be smirking when I find out that the already-bankrupt Germany had to pay $30 billion in reparations. They want me, above all, not to despise the Allies.
Which I do.
The first World War was not Germany's fault. Serbia made a terrorist attack against Austria-Hungary. A-H retaliated. Germany, like so many other nations, was sucked in by their treaties - treaties formed long before the War.
But Germany took all the blame.
Something isn't right there.
In a bit of an aside - helloooooo, French-hating Bush-loving morons who say that the French can't defend themselves. Battle of the Marne, anyone? Good God.
I think that, in my World History class, They (by They" I mean the shadowy political figures who approve textbooks) aren't expecting me to be getting that out of it. They want me to be all "Oh, my God, Germany and Austria-Hungary are SO EVIL!" They want me to be smirking when I find out that the already-bankrupt Germany had to pay $30 billion in reparations. They want me, above all, not to despise the Allies.
Which I do.
The first World War was not Germany's fault. Serbia made a terrorist attack against Austria-Hungary. A-H retaliated. Germany, like so many other nations, was sucked in by their treaties - treaties formed long before the War.
But Germany took all the blame.
Something isn't right there.
In a bit of an aside - helloooooo, French-hating Bush-loving morons who say that the French can't defend themselves. Battle of the Marne, anyone? Good God.
