Germany is finally paying off the last of its reparations for World War I, so we can now close that chapter of world history with a bitchin' victory party . Yes! We did it! Those Krauts paid out! The principal representative of the British Treasury at the Paris Peace Conference, John Maynard Keynes, resigned in June 1919 in protest at the scale of the demands.
There are still a few WWI veterans still alive. In 2110, someone will be writing on wonkette about the last surviving Iraq War veterans. When we "bring it on" with war, we obligate ourselves to honor those who died, care for wounded, pay the costs and remember what might have been. For years, decades and generations to come.
The repo-man that collected that debt must have some monster kahunas.
The Iraq/Afghanistan adventure will also take about 90 years to pay down.
There are still a few WWI veterans still alive. In 2110, someone will be writing on wonkette about the last surviving Iraq War veterans. When we "bring it on" with war, we obligate ourselves to honor those who died, care for wounded, pay the costs and remember what might have been. For years, decades and generations to come.