$402 Billion, with Interest
October 4, 2010 11:47 AM   Subscribe

This post was deleted for the following reason: I just hope this post isn't the Franz Ferdinand of the blogosphere or I'm gonna feel pretty silly about deleting it as a double when the bombs start falling. -- cortex



 


The other article was "in a few days". This one is "yesterday".
posted by jeffamaphone at 11:50 AM on October 4, 2010


Suck on this, Kaiser Wilhelm.
posted by KokuRyu at 11:54 AM on October 4, 2010 [1 favorite]


We won! USA! USA! USA!!
posted by nevercalm at 11:54 AM on October 4, 2010


The Second First World War
posted by Joe Beese at 11:56 AM on October 4, 2010 [1 favorite]


Finally! We can start that trench-warfare reenactment club without the shrill cries of "it's too soon!"
posted by quin at 12:03 PM on October 4, 2010


Germany made its final reparations-related payment for the Great War on Oct. 3, nearly 92 years after the country's defeat by the Allies.

Oh, that's what you mean.

That's not to say that Germany has been paying its dues consistently over the decades; the country defaulted on its loans many times and the current payouts have only been happening since the 1990s. What took Germany so long to pay for the war?

That makes sense. And you'll tell us, right?

Didn't World War I end long ago? Does this mean we're all survivors of the Great War?

No, that's a silly suggestion. Just because someone owes your family $20 for denting the family car in 1955, it doesn't mean you survived that accident.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:03 PM on October 4, 2010


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