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Originally Posted by Cowperson
The night the Berlin Wall fell, stunned, rag-tag, East Germans staggered unbelieving through the glittering, neon-strewn and flush retail districts of West Berlin, past endless stores aglitter and stuffed with jewellry, clothing and technology . . . . . .
. . . . . and then they got angry as it started to occur to them how much they had been led down the proverbial garden path . . . .
A decade later, the Germans were still paying the bill of trying to normalize the East into a modern economy and Germany was called "the sick man of Europe." More than 20 years later, that's obviously started to change and Germany is the strong man of Europe again . . . .
The economic burden on South Korea should the North actually die a natural death would be something staggering as well.
The night the Berlin Wall was breached:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...660190,00.html
Cowperson |
At the time Germany was the 2nd biggest economy when unification took place. South Korea looked on with wonder then trepidation......
Germany's economy took a huge hit. 2 decades worth of crapola! South Koreas economy TODAY is nowhere near a 1991 West Germany economic strength/size/ vitality! They sobered up and took a another look at unification!!!!
Hence they now look to build the North Up.....
A catch 22 of the ages....
We need to build the crazies up to unify so we will survive economically when they join us
vs
not building the crazies up so they can destroy us!