"Only if you see the rise of Nazism and WW2 as discrete historical events with no causal relationship to the years that immediately preceded them." This is not

"Only if you see the rise of Nazism and WW2 as discrete historical events with no causal relationship to the years that immediately preceded them." This is not required. I'm afraid I have to view the rest of your response, straw-manning arguments I haven't even made, as pure trolling; ta. EDIT: Been on the net almost 20 years, and I've come to accept that there's always going to be a class of person who'll wander up, recite one side of a script in his head, and declare victory when people realize what he's on to. :)