Originally Posted by sortie

I just erased a very long post; probably one of my best ever.

I erased it because I realized that truthful discussions about history don't make a
difference to people who have their minds made up about certain things and are in
denial about other things.

The reality I saw is that you don't really deserve the knowledge I had in that post.

You deserve google and a history book to explain all of your questions;
because it is actually crystal damn clear how these things came about to anyone
who actually cares enough to understand it.