The Treaty of Versailles Balkanized Europe. Woodrow Wilson had the crazy theory that all the little countries would cooperate for their own defense. They did not. When Germany got powerful, it conquered the little countries one by one. They could not defend themselves from the superpower. Also, when guilt clauses and reparations are required, the people of a nation resent it. A mad man can take advantage of that resentment and have a nation follow him. He can get that nation to turn on a minority such as the Jews in the case of Germany. Also in that case, he can lead that nation in a disastrous war. The treaty also spread the crazy idea that every people should have its own homeland. Peoples that had been interspersed among others and specialized in various occupations suddenly listened to leaders who wanted their own homelands and wanted to rule them under a particular theory of law. Muslims and Hindus had lived in peace in India for centuries. Suddenly a switch occurred when Muslims needed their own homeland. The Muslims went to Pakistan. In Pakistan, there are groups of Muslims want their own homeland. Will Pakistan split into different homelands? Different groups want various nations to split apart. Each will be a different homeland with a different law where minorities will be persecuted. The smaller a nation is, the easier it is for a military leader to take over in a coup d'etat and take away freedom. Now Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds want their own homelands. Two different types of Kurds exist. There are 7 different types of Sunnis. We shall see what happens if I live long enough. Hitler showed that the League of Nations was a paper tiger. Organizations created based on some theory that they will do something in the future if certain conditions happen frequently do not function. A mutual defense organization can not exist only in meetings and on paper. Armies need to practice under a unified command before the problem actually exists.
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