years ago.

And keep in mind 1954 Germany more closely resembled a US colony than its own country. US troops were stationed everywhere in the country. The US invested heavily in rebuilding their infrastructure and thousands of American civilians, my family among them, were there to rebuild.

And your poor appeal to whataboutism is just that. A poor appeal. It’s a defense mechanism people employ when they try to wrestle with the cognitive dissonance that occurs when they adopt competing positions.