What interests made Germany support the Anti-Serbian war and critisize the Anti-Iraqi military company?
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I am assuming that the anti-Serbian war was the rampant genocide in the Balkans promulgated primarily by the Serbian dictator and his criminal cohorts.  Conscience made them support the first, prudence made them exclude the second.
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Madman Hitler and a Top General devised a plan that would get the Citizens Furious. and it was to Blow Up the Parliment Building(help me History Buffs) The Reichstag Building?  Anyway, the enemies of Germany were Blamed, probably The Jews, Russians, etc. which is the ole' FALSE FLAG Trick. The German People were so Ourtraged they missed the consequences of  Adolph&Co. declaring Martial Law!  All those in Opposition of  Hitlers Policies were labled Enemies, or UnPatriotic (Sound familiar?) , and were either silenced,beaten, arrested, or Shot. So I guess my answer is: Support was gained thru LIES, Coercion(sp) ,Murder...   hey wait a second.. VonRumsvelt ?  Karl with a K  ?  hmmmm. W's grandaddy a supporter, pals w/dolfman..DikkkkVon HeinrichBlitzkreigunBurger?hmmmmm.....
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Actually, some of your assertions are just incorrect, specifically the idea that the combatants in Europe were ready to give up and have a victor-less peace. I have read in at least two different places that, had the USA not brought in fresh troops, the Western Allies were willing to last until at least 1921 before another major offensive.\n\nThe impetus that brought the USA into the war, the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare, was ordered by Field Marshall Hindenburg over the objection of both the Kaiser and the Reichstag. This was not a 'few petty ships' but had serious loss of life and was a direct challenge to the concept of both the rules of war on the sea and the rights of neutral nations (this is applicable even today, note the United States re-flagging of Kuwaiti tankers).\n\nIf Germany was ready for a victor-less peace as you suggest, they were in a perfect position to lead by example at Brest-Litovsk. Instead, Germany had set up a system of puppet governments along Russia's western frontier with the intention of the war lasting many years longer. The terms at Brest Litovsk were far more harsh than the terms at Versailles, regardless of what anyone claims, and if the Germans had spent less money and energy on cheating (yes, cheating before Hitler came to power!), Germany could have met its obligations with much fewer repercussions. The entry of the United States did not make German defeat a certainty because the amount of troops the United States would put into the field (2 million) would not replace the amount of soldiers withdrawn from the war with the surrender of Soviet Russia and the crushing of Rumania and Serbia. Ludendorf had ordered the 1918 offensive out of panic, and had directed it just as badly. If, instead, he had rescinded the order for War Socialism and allowed German industry to make windfall profits off of the war again as they had before 1916, Germany would have been fine.\n\nIn 1914, Russia had not yet declared war on anyone, but had instead issued an order for a partial mobilization supporting Serbia which freaked everyone out. When Nicholas refused to back down, that was when Germany declared war on Russia, not the other way around.\n\nHowever, three German judges in 1923 could have averted World War II, and they had all the evidence they needed to do it. Hitler had repeatedly said that the Weimar Republic had to be destroyed, and he took action in his Putsch. The first charge leveled against Hitler in the aftermath was treason, which as an Austrian national would have required Hitler to be deported immediately. By his words and by his actions, he was most certainly guilty, but one of the three judges was an admirer of Hitler's.
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Definitely not. The country as a whole was not culpable for WWI, and for that matter, the leaders of Germany were not culpable. The whole thing could have been solved diplomatically, but as soon as Archduke Ferdinand was killed, Austria demanded certain things, Serbia refused, and there was a cascade of declarations of war. It's absurd to say that Germany was responsible for all of this. At the very least, Britain and France should have mediated the conflict between Austria and Serbia BEFORE it came to declarations of war.\n\nThere's also the fact that the reparations were not about keeping Germany from doing it again, they were about punishment. All they really needed to do after the war was establish monitoring systems to make sure Germany was not rebuilding a military, the one thing they didn't do.
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DJ Noek has it right.  Germany was Japan's ally. We declared war on Japan immediately, so Germany declared war on us.  So then we declared war on Germany.
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That is Europe for you. They want our help in time of war (WW  1, WW 2) but ask them in so called Peace time , forget it..Germany & France are the biggest offenders. They have not forgot we beat Germany & set free France in WW 2. Old grudges last long. Who are they going to blame the next time some nuts blow up a skyscraper in Berlin or Paris. Who will they Yell for help to? The terriost are going to LOVE the EU . THey have more rights to their money then you do yours.
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At the beginning of 1917 many Americans were strongly against becoming involved in the First World War. Then, on March 1, 1917, newspapers all over the US printed a sensational story. The story claimed that Arthur Zimermann, the German Foreign Secretary, had tries to persuade Mexico and Japan to attack the US. It all began on January 16. Zimmermann had sent a secret telegram to the German ambassador in Mexico. The telegram told the ambassador to invite the Mexican government to sign an alliance with Germany. The idea was that if the US went to war with Germany, the Mexicans should attack the Americans from the south. Mexico's reward would be the return of all the lands it had lost to the US in 1848. \nZimmermann's telegram was intercepted and decoded by British agents. On February 24, when Americans were already angry at Germany for starting submarine attacks again, the British gave Wilson a copy of the telegram. Wilson was furious. He told the newspapers. People who wanted to keep the US out of the war and those who favored Germany, said that the telegram was a forgery, a British trick. But their efforts to claim that story was untrue collapsed when Zimmermann himself said: "It is true."\n\nThe Zimmermann telegram turned American opinion more strongly in favor of the Allies. This was especially true in the previously uninterested western parts of the country. These were the areas that would have been threatened most if Zimmermann's plan had worked.
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Actually it was started by the assassination because of alliances throughout Europe that caused the war to spread like wildfire.  The assassination was by a Serbian Nationalist and A-H was alied with Germany etc so the alliances drew Europe into the war. Other than that, European countries were searching for expansion of trade and land to acquire wealth and resources and saw war as a away to gain these.  Had Germany won, they would not have been forced to pay $33 billion in reparations that damaged their economy and lead to the uprising of Adolf Hitler who rallied the Germans behind resentment over the Treaty of Versailles for causing the economic depression and wanted to demilitarize Germany and gain wealth through expansion and acquiring resources across Europe which led to WW1... along with his anti-semitism.
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pretty much all of america was against it but we had an obligation as allies to the european nations at war so we got involved anyway. it was a totally pointless war in the first place and popular american sentiment was to let the euros handle their own problems instead of sending our young men to die which i couldn't agree with more. isolationism rocks!
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Militarism, Adolf Hitler want to re-arm Germany, Italy looking outward for conquest, Japan with recent naval victory against Russia in Vladivostok believes it can take the world as it had humiliate the Russian giant.\n\nAgression, believing that after WW1, no one wants another war, it can agress and bully neigbors, Germany start annexing Austro-Hungary, Japan use Manchuria as an excuse to be in China, Italy due to lack of any natural resource start venturing into Africa.\n\nNationalism, German leader lead the people believe that the suffering they have was a result of their defeat and was able to raise the nationalism spirit of the people, Japan with its emperor regard as the son of heaven, ralied the people to believe that they are no longer a small nation, they can anyone as they had shown in defeating the Russian navy. The Italian was ralied together to avoid a civil war.
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National Interests overides any ethical issues im afraid. its how the game works if somebody can help you, no matter how bad they may be as long as the state acheives its aims, the means is of little consequence. Look at the current "friendship" with Pakistan. Look at how we have always supported Saudi Arabia. And with regards to Iraq we supported both Iran & Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, where is the logic in that? the logic is all about the $ my friend its what this whole sorry affair is about.\n\nAnd if you havent seen it I advise you watch "loose Change" its available for free all over the internet you seem like someone who would take quite an interest in this Documentary.
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NO!!! This is the same evidence I have used in recent months for reasons NOT to support the Iraq War. It gets worse friend.\nIt seems that America's continued interest in Iraq may have sparked a civil war for the "democratic" powers of the Iraq country. Now, America must spend billions more in building a better Iraqi military to avert any new war. This event continues to return again and again for the US.\n\nLet's recall:\n\n1) The rebellion of US military forces in Mexico during the early 20th century.\n\n2) The resistance of American diplomacy in the Phillipines in 1898. (Imperialism)\n\n3)The disaster in Vietnam during the Nixon administration.\n\nThe results always ends with American taxpayers paying for the problems that a Republican administration makes and the Democratic Party's occupancy in the White House. \n\nSomehow (probably in 2009) America will once again fix the problems that are prevalent now. But, our next problem will be Venezuela as it continues to be a nuissance to our sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere. Just call this the Neverending Story.
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Germany's desire for revenge... or for a more complete explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWII
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Your example would work better if Russia or England or China was the invader, but it's a valid point.\n\nPeople blame the Iraqi insurgents for fighting in a civil war, against a govt they didn't elect which was established when an enemy country unilaterally invaded and deposed the ruling govt. Whether we like them or not, it's fair to ask if they have reasonable grounds for defending their country against hostile occupying forces.
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Germany, Japan and Italy They were "Axis" of something before.\nFrance, Germany,and Canada, based on their recent policies\nfor the Iraqi Wars.
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Several stand to profit from this war.  Large war corporations are first.  They are currently making large amounts of government money with war neccesities such as ammunition and more.  Second, in the rebuilding process other large corporations stand to profit by assimilating their products into the Iraqi society.  \nPerhaps, if things go right the Iraqis could profit from the war... but it will be a long and arduous journey.
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I cant help you a lot, but french endorsed the revolution of the colonies in the us, in fact i think they even sent troops at the time consisting of the royal navy.\n\nAs of the second part, the people of both spain and france were and are totally against the occupation of iraq, i was in madrid at the time and a manifestation of 1.5 millon people crowded madrid`s center "puerta del sol" regardless of what their at the time president Mr. Aznar said. so you have a big dicotomy there, goverment endorsed the US, and people deplored it.\n\nFrance on the other side, both goverment and people were actively involved and against the iraq invasion.