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Europe under extreme duress

JTS11

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Uncle Fester

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JTS11 said:
It's a bit anecdotal, but when I was in Germany in '96, there were a few West Germans that weren't at all happy about the reunification. I do remember the stark difference between West and East Berlin, but I'm sure it's different now.
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The Luftwaffe guys I went through flight school with said everyone was kind of disgruntled with how it went. Seemed like the West felt like they got saddled with the costs of bringing a poor backward economic shambles up to their standard of living, and in the East they felt like it was more like a takeover than a reunion.
 
ChuckMK23

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Uncle Fester said:
The Luftwaffe guys I went through flight school with said everyone was kind of disgruntled with how it went. Seemed like the West felt like they got saddled with the costs of bringing a poor backward economic shambles up to their standard of living, and in the East they felt like it was more like a takeover than a reunion.
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Wasn't pretty to be sure - but in hindsight, I think the smart choice was creation of the EU by any means necessary, and crushing nationalism in Europe for good. The EU wasn't a perfect construct when it started and getting one Germany was the priority and avoiding the spread of what would happen in the Balkans.
 
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