War of tits
The Franco-Prussian war of 1870 was a great war. The French declared war on the Germans, for some reason that no one seems to recall. The Huns attacked, rolled up the French army …and laid siege to Paris. In the city, residents soon had to eat rats and cats to stay alive. Parisians exchanged recipes and made the most of it.
The whole thing was over fairly quickly. The Frogs capitulated, agreed to pay reparations, and the Germans withdrew (keeping the Teuton-speaking area of Alsace.)
It was a nice war because it had a clear winner…and because it was over like a good street brawl, before the cops came. And the Germans were very civilized about it. They didn't set up bases in France. They didn't stretch out the war for years…or make the French learn to speak German. They won it fair and square, and then went back to their strudel and frauleins. Which made Europeans think that war was not such a bad thing.
Then, came WWI. Oh la la…this was a war of a different sort. It went on for four years. At enormous cost to everyone…millions of dead…trillions in financial losses…
…and who won? Nobody.
(from SOWING THE WIND, WE REAP THE WHIRLWIND by Bill Bonner)
Guess what!! French and Germans are at it again!
French splashed her political bride all over yellow and pink press, which is to say 96% of the press. However, Germans, not the ones to lag behind, drew out big guns.. Look at and compare :)
