Reply #94: Sort of..

[masonfl]

Nazi Germany arose in part because the Versailles (sp?) Treaty forced them to pay extremely severe war reparations following World War I. The result was a crippled post-war government that was very unpopular. It's debatable whether the "restrictions" placed on Wiemar Germany were excessive...they probably were. It caused a major depression in Germany. But many countries go through depressions and don't turn into dictatorships. The US is one example that comes to mind.

Being an apologist for Japan is totally crazy dude! They were an imperialist country bent on controlling all of Asia...at least. They were already killing Chinese in huge numbers by the time they attacked the US. They needed oil to keep their war machine going. Trying to put the blame in the US is nuts.