RE: Why Europe is so Contrary

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Sat 07 Dec 2002 - 03:19:56 GMT

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    Essentially, I think, the Marshall plan was instrumental in providing the capital needed to rebuild Europe after WWII. It was also the precursor to permanent US development assistance, Point Four and then the US Agency for International Development. I don't think it was conceived as a way to exploit anyone, and it was certainly welcomed by the recipient European countries.

    Best regards, Lawry

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
    > Of Jeremy Bradley
    > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 1:50 AM
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: RE: Why Europe is so Contrary
    >
    >
    > At 03:10 PM 5/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
    > >Hi Jeremy -- no, of course the US was not alone in stopping Hitler, and
    > >indeed I am sure it could be demonstrated that other peoples or countries
    > >sacrificed more to do so per capita than the US. My apologies for not
    > >thinking that through more, or suggesting that we were alone.
    > >
    > >How about the Marshall plan? Or, earlier, Wilson's Fourteen
    > Points, which
    > >enshrined the idea of self-determination of peoples?
    > >idea (though the US isolationists then blocked our own joining, IIRC.
    > >
    > >Cheers,
    > >Lawry
    > >
    > Yeah Lawry, I was just gammon ya on the WW2 thing. But I don't know that
    > the Marshal Plan was actually that good of an idea. I have heard that the
    > end result of the power and water was US exploitation, flooding of peasant
    > farms, pollution and environmental and social problems. And wasn't Aus. a
    > key player in the formation of The League of Nations?
    > Jeremy
    >
    > The leader who leads from faith works from a warped version of strength
    > Wade T Smith
    >
    >
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