Rebel wrote:Well I ask because, if you know your history, the United Nations (And the league of nations, in its original form) was of course, the brainchild of United States president Woodrow Wilson. More than his political views, more than his election goals, more than any single concerns, the profound religious fervor of Wilson is what motivated him to his furious campaign for peace in the aftermath of World War I, and it was the points where the more vindictive, angry, and vengeful European Powers, as well as the politically motivated, selfish American politicians took away from Wilson's plan that directly led to World War II
I believe that your assessment here is partially correct. Versailles was a rather punitive treaty, and after reading the specifics, Wilson had famously said that "this is not a treaty for peace, but a declaration for the next war.". I believe that Wilson's statement was, if anything, quite prophetic.
However, I do believe that there was quite a bit more to this rather sordid story than only the provisions of Versailles itself.
For quite some time, U.S. banks were providing a great deal of capital to Germany to rebuild the damage from the First World War, and as long as the money kept flowing, post-Imperial Germany began to recover slowly, but surely.
During this time however, there was the collapse on Wall Street, which heralded in the Great Depression. This phenomenon caused available capital via bank loans to Germany to dry up. When coupled with the double-whammy of extremely large war reparations, the German economy went into a tailspin. Other effects from this included the near complete devaluation of the Deutsche Mark, and unemployment climbed to extremely high levels, something along the lines of up to 25% or more traditional heads-of-households found themselves out of work.
In addition to this, there were millions of demobilized troops that had returned from the front, and there were few places for them to find work, since the Reichswehr was reduced to a maximum size of only 100,000 men. The swelling ranks of the SA (2.5 million at its peak), the SS, and other special units provide a tell-tale sign of the economic woes that had fallen on the country.
There were many, many other factors- too many in fact to list here, although I believe that the biggest failure was the Allies' unwillingness to actually enforce the provisions of Versailles to keep Germany disarmed. There were ample opportunities to stop Hitler, and even the Russians bear a degree of responsibility for helping to create the monster that became the Third Reich. Goring and Guderian, for example, began clandestine training in Russia for the then secret Luftwaffe, as well as the fledgling panzer corps- both of which had been forbidden by the treaty.
Are you getting the connection? On top of that, about a month after her marriage my SIL had a mysterious nervous breakdown, and since that time has been on SSI. The weird thing is, she appears to have perfect mental sense. How she was able to swing getting a $500 a month "crazy check" is beyond me.
She actually has more sense than i do 
Sorry my english, go CARACAS FC!! :ola:
