Is Nagin an idiot ? Or just stupid ?

[sarettah]

And just to be accurate, the rebuilding of Europe did not start immediately after the end of the war. In fact the US waited more than 2 years (Marshall Plan, 1947) after the official end of the war in Europe in 1945 to produce an actual plan for their part in the reconstruction effort.

They waited until it was proven that Europe could NOT rebuild itself before jumping in and kick starting the process with an influx of cash.

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[Winetalk.com]

Originally Posted by sarettah

And just to be accurate, the rebuilding of Europe did not start immediately after the end of the war. In fact the US waited more than 2 years (Marshall Plan, 1947) after the official end of the war in Europe in 1945 to produce an actual plan for their part in the reconstruction effort.

They waited until it was proven that Europe could NOT rebuild itself before jumping in and kick starting the process with an influx of cash.

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Marshall Plan has nothing to do with rebuilding of Eastern Europe...which followed Stalin's plan.

Sare, how can you get your historical and geographical facts wrong?
Is your Europe ends at West Berlin?

[sarettah]

Originally Posted by Winetalk.com

Marshall Plan has nothing to do with rebuilding of Eastern Europe...which followed Stalin's plan.

Sare, how can you get your historical and geographical facts wrong?
Is your Europe ends at West Berlin?

Well, shit, of course my Europe ends where Ivan begins. Public schools, cold war, what the hell would you expect. All those people on the eastern side were living in squalid conditions as virtual slaves waiting in bread lines and hiding from the KGB lest they get sent to the Gulag. They told me so in school


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[Rolo]

Originally Posted by sarettah

They waited until it was proven that Europe could NOT rebuild itself before jumping in and kick starting the process with an influx of cash.

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I would not say "kick started"... Marshall Plan was "only" $100 billion in todays money, so the effectiveness was not great in europe, but it did help in the rebuild process, and in isolating the evil Soviets ;-)))