On 16/02/18 11:06, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 16/02/18 10:17, Martin wrote:

Â* Why didn't the same thing happen in UK.

Because we won the war. We didn't lose it.

So we didnt get our debts forgiven, loads of secret jewish gold,Â* an
ethnically cleansed monoculture, sane military laws imposed and
****loads of free money from the USA to rebuild with, whilst still
retaining a civil service staffed by career Nazis, whose final
pensions even reflected their wartime service.

While I agree with almost all of this, I'd say that leaving the German
civil service as it had been was probably a sensible move, since by the
end of the war Nazi Party membership was almost if not actually
obligatory. Firing all those with Nazi party membership would have left
no one to run the country.

This was the mistake the Yanks made in Iraq: they fired all Baath party
members and there *was* no one to run the country, since Baath party
membership was a condition of employment.

John le Carrés 'The Pigeon Tunnel' is quite chilling: it wasnt just any
Nazis but seriously nasty Nazis many of whom later formed the
governments of the 50s, 60s and 70s;


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