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<blockquote data-quote="GTNavyNuke" data-source="post: 158898" data-attributes="member: 322"><p>Interesting how things can get all turned around. </p><p></p><p>I actually think (and a close reading should support this) that the German people have a culture which makes them very effective at expansion. The reason for the historical reference to previous reichs was to support that opinion. In fact, Germany has done far far more to advance it's world standing since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 than the US has done. What they did in assimilating East Germany and increasing their economic power is simply amazing. </p><p></p><p>I believe that Germany has been greatly increasing its hold on the EU as France's economic power recedes. This opinion is largely based on reading a lot of stuff on CNBC and Bloomberg as well as a few weekly economic postings. In an economic union of many countries with a common currency, the strongest countries have the advantage of a weaker currency with respect to trade than if they had their own currency alone. That was my main point.</p><p></p><p>I admit to being opinionated about Germans and their culture in that I think they are very hard working and have shown a lot of foresight in advancing their world power. They will screw Greece as much as they can since they recognize that Greece will be lost at some point from the EU (in my opinion) and to do otherwise will set a very bad precedent for Portugal, Spain and Italy where the real money lies. My opinion for the last few months has been that these "negotiations" are more about having someone else get the blame for Greece leaving the EU. It would have been easy to kick the can down the road for another year if all sides had wanted to do so.</p><p></p><p>But to say I am bigoted is wrong; at least if the definition of bigoted is "<em>stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.</em>" I am guilty of being opinionated, and my opinions will be based on what I believe the facts to be. When my understanding of the facts changes, hopefully my opinions will too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTNavyNuke, post: 158898, member: 322"] Interesting how things can get all turned around. I actually think (and a close reading should support this) that the German people have a culture which makes them very effective at expansion. The reason for the historical reference to previous reichs was to support that opinion. In fact, Germany has done far far more to advance it's world standing since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 than the US has done. What they did in assimilating East Germany and increasing their economic power is simply amazing. I believe that Germany has been greatly increasing its hold on the EU as France's economic power recedes. This opinion is largely based on reading a lot of stuff on CNBC and Bloomberg as well as a few weekly economic postings. In an economic union of many countries with a common currency, the strongest countries have the advantage of a weaker currency with respect to trade than if they had their own currency alone. That was my main point. I admit to being opinionated about Germans and their culture in that I think they are very hard working and have shown a lot of foresight in advancing their world power. They will screw Greece as much as they can since they recognize that Greece will be lost at some point from the EU (in my opinion) and to do otherwise will set a very bad precedent for Portugal, Spain and Italy where the real money lies. My opinion for the last few months has been that these "negotiations" are more about having someone else get the blame for Greece leaving the EU. It would have been easy to kick the can down the road for another year if all sides had wanted to do so. But to say I am bigoted is wrong; at least if the definition of bigoted is "[I]stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.[/I]" I am guilty of being opinionated, and my opinions will be based on what I believe the facts to be. When my understanding of the facts changes, hopefully my opinions will too. [/QUOTE]
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