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Date:         Mon, 16 Nov 1992 12:52:58 -0700
From:         "Frederick the Great" <J_CAUSEY@CCNODE.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      My posting about German fascist strife.
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> Hi Jim,
> I enjoyed your contribution about being afraid of having to go
> "over there" (to Germany) with the U.S. army very much. It serves
> as proof to the academic education some people seem to get in the
> U.S. If you followed the news about Germany in a serious publication
> instead of playing war games and pursuing studies on Friedrich der
> Grosse, you might have noticed that there is a marked difference
> between L.A.-type riots (and I am not afraid of having to go over
> there to quell a race riot as part of a UN-force) and the kind of
> street violence by right-wing idiots over here. There are new Nazis
> in Germany, but their numbers are ridiculous. And we do have a
> foreigner problem, indeed. The problem is that Germany accepts 55 per
> cent of all the refugees coming to Western Europe annually. Whereas
> the number of people fleeing to France has diminished in this year,
> it has dramatically increased in Germany, to a rate of about 50,000
> coming every month. (Just as a reminder - there are 80 mio people
> living in Germany, on an area of about 350,000 squ. km). And,
> combined with the deteriorating economy, the huge problems in
> formerly communist East Germany and the deterioration of world
> economy, it becomes quite obvious that we are not able to allow
> everybody in. People from Romania and Poland, from the former
> Yugoslavia and, only beginning, from the former USSR, see Germany
> as the place to go. Imagine every Mexican living on the border, and
> every Columbian, Peruvian, whatever living below the poverty line
> coming to the U.S.| So, next time you hear something about Germany,
> remember that we live in a democracy, that our civilization has been
> around for a while, that we are part of NATO, of the EC, CSCE, you
> name it. And remember that while the U.S. is indubitably a great
> country, it cannot provide the panacea for the rest of the world.
> And, if you can work that out somehow, study abroad, get to know
> other countries and try to understand what makes them tick. In
> Germany, it certainly is not the fond remembrance of Friedrich or
> of Bismarck.
> Yours,
> Andreas Kuenne
> Historisches Seminar
> Universitaet Hamburg
> Von-Melle-Park 6 /IX
> D-2000 Hamburg 13
> EMAIL: fh10220@dhhuni4.bitnet
> Phone: +49 40 4123-2585 +49 40 491 42 22 (priv)

Andreas, the only reason this is not a flaming personal response is because
you evidently don't see where I got my info from.  You see, the American
media is painting your recent troubles as being just as bad as the Night of
Long Knives (I think that's what it was called, but since I'm an American-
educated person, I could be wrong).  If that were the case, then PERHAPS there
would be a problem that would require INTERNATIONAL (I never implied that
the U.S. should drive in, guns blazing) assistance.  I won't apologize, but I'll
admit that I was wrong; you guys apparently have it under control.  As to my
affection for wargaming and Friedrich, piss off.  I never thought that the parts
of German culture that I find most interesting would be the driving force
behind the daily lives of the German people.

        Jim Causey
        j_causey@ccnode.colorado.edu

        My apologies to the rest of the net, but that had to be said.