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- LETTERS, Page 6Germany Undivided
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- In your article "Breaching the Wall" (WORLD, Sept. 11), you
- mention the argument that "reunification would create a Germany
- too powerful and perhaps too aggressive to contain." A country
- cannot be aggressive; only the people of a nation and their
- political leaders can. Today the German people are not the same
- as those of half a century ago. It is time for the rest of the
- world to recognize and acknowledge this change.
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- Andreas Weihe Schwetzingen, West Germany
-
- Imagine for a moment, my American friends, that there is a
- fortified fence running from Washington to San Francisco,
- partitioning your country. I am sure that it would hurt to live
- with such a division, wouldn't it?
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- Karl Remmen Neuss, West Germany
-
- After the disaster the Nazis brought to this country, many
- Germans looked to the U.S. as the accepted model of democracy,
- freedom and a successful economy. But 44 years later, they see
- crime, drugs, AIDS, the community dividing into rich and poor,
- and know Europe will follow the same trends in a few years. The
- European Community offers no solutions, but some Germans
- believe a peaceful, reunited, independent Germany can find a
- better future on its own.
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- Klaus Munter Braunschweig, West Germany
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