From: "Richard Hong" 

>> We don't know what would have happened in its absence.

Randall,

Actually, WWII itself is an example of what would have happened in its
absence.  We tried the traditional method of dealing with vanquished
nations and a trashed continent.  It was the Treaty of Versailles.  It made
Hitler possible.  You, who likes to speak of historical precedent, seem to
have forgotten that the Marshall Plan happened largely because the memory
of how Versailles eventually created Hitler was fresh in their minds.

Rich

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