> I'm sorry, no matter how bad 2008 was, it was no World War. His inability to grasp this just boggles the mind. Ss far as I could understand, that's not the p

> I'm sorry, no matter how bad 2008 was, it was no World War. His inability to grasp this just boggles the mind. Ss far as I could understand, that's not the point he's making, at all. He's saying that financially punishing countries is shortsighted and counterproductive and that we have recent examples of doing just that (1918), and doing the opposite (1945/1953), and clearly different outcomes. The rest of your points are irrelevant - he's not discussing post WW2 recovery in Germany in a void or for fun, like we are, he's trying to steer a super important debate about a Greek exit, which has so far been very simplistic and populist (the greek are lazy and must learn their lesson, even if it means they'll be in debt for 40 years). So he's also pointing out that it just so happens that the same countries are involved, then and now, and calling for a bit of a look at _recent_ history. Also, points for dropping 100% unsubstantiated nationalism accusations right at the end, great!