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2010-03-20 Europe

Greece, the euro, and the Battle of Jutland

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Posted by tipper 2010-03-20 08:13|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 In other words: "If this is an emergency, call America."

Posted by Matt 2010-03-20 10:02|| 2010-03-20 10:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, I'm reading that differently. A combination of a referral to the [mildly] tranzi IMF with rhetoric evoking explicitly Imperial German nationalist iconography? That's... a pretty freaky blend right there. It strongly suggests that the right-of-pole Germans are thinking about bailing on Europan substitute nationalism, and are going in two directions at once - internationalist on the pragmatic level, retro-nationalist on the emotional level.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-03-20 11:39|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-03-20 11:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Mmmm!

WWI happened in the first place because Germany started building Dreadnought class ships, invalidating (so the conventional wisdom of the time thought) the Royal Navy's numerical advantage in ships.

Germany thought their Dreadnoughts would allow them to operate a merchant fleet on the high seas. Jutland proved them wrong, but it was a close run thing.

Arguably superior British seamanship and their longer naval tradition defeated the German's technology advantage.

All of which has bugger all to do with Greece and the IMF.

Posted by phil_b 2010-03-20 12:59|| 2010-03-20 12:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The Battle of Jutland wasn't close-run.

The German High Seas Fleet knew they couldn't match the British Grand Fleet. They caught the British battle-cruiser scouting force too far from their supports, but did not stick around to fight when the British main force came up.

If the Germans had stayed and somehow arranged a miraculous victory, it would have been catastrophic for Britain, but the odds of this were very low and the Germans knew it.

Posted by buwaya 2010-03-20 14:16|| 2010-03-20 14:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually the Dreadnaught made all ships in the Royal Navy (now squadron) obsolete.

At which time the Germans noticed that they were only one behind.

Not bad odds really.

Also I question that Britain having built Dreadnaught was the cause of World War 1.

Posted by Kelly 2010-03-20 16:13|| 2010-03-20 16:13|| Front Page Top

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