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Originally Posted by AcGold
I fully understand the point, but you are incorrect in your assertions. Germany was not solely at fault; their war machine was created with the help of IG Farben, Standard Oil and Prescott Bush.
85% of Germany's petroleum supply was imported before the war and without a revolution to the industrial processes that allowed them to create synthetic gasoline they would have never had a military strong enough to accomplish what they did. No US involvement, no German war machine, no holocaust. It's a big fish bowl we live in, I'm not saying the US is involved in everything but saying they aren't responsible, definitively, defies history.
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I disagree.
Post-WWI hardship left Germans disenfranchised with Europe and the western democracies. The hardship, to a large extent, can be attributed to the West and how they wanted "punish" Germany instead of rehabilitate like they did post WWII. Very similar to how the West is perceived in the middle east. Had the victorious powers in WWI chose to help Germany, some may argue WWII wouldn't have happened. The point here is that foreign influence directly led to Germany's circumstances. But Germany chose what path to take after that.
Germany rose up. Germany could have chose a peaceful path, but they chose war. That is on Germany. Not the powers who punished them after WWI, nor on the private enterprises that helped Germany pre WWII.
Similarly, the USA obviously had their nose in everyone's business in the middle east. It's what the USA does. But to attribute any of these crimes committed by ISIS to the USA or the West is folly. Yes, Western foreign policy may have contributed to a creation of extremist groups, or the climate of instability, but the USA did not create Isis directly, nor is it responsible for Isis' actions, just like no one other than Germany was responsible for Germany's actions in WWII.