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Whether or not I agree or disagree with the argument of this artice, it has made me ponder momentarily Europe. If my college history serves me right, it looks like the floundering countries might vilify Germany and a few of the other more secure nations. War is usually brought about by a large group being in a bad situation, finding common ground from which their pain stems, and finding a common "enemy" to blame. The better question is whether or not the Eurozone tension will diffuse before any charismatic leader can rally the troops...


Ha, there isn't going to be another war in Europa proper. Trust me, no european wants another war.

You can have that in the US because the US doesn't typically pay the price of war, and the country knows it. The greek people know they will pay the price for invading Germany. And that price is enormous.


WWI exacted a high price that people never wanted to pay again.

The fact that it is now named with a number tells you how that worked out.

Europe needs to go more than a few decades before it can declare itself the kingdom of peace.


And everybody tried to run WWII in such a way that we would never end up like WWI.

We now know that that isn't possible. We know that the cost of bombed cities, etc is prohibitily high.


you guys really need to educate yourself about europe, I can't believe this has so many upvotes. while the current crisis certainly isn't good for the political climate, we're now further away from a european war than ever - the european integration thru ECSC and now EU did really work in those regards.




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