Sweet shall th’ ironies sing

Paradoxically, we continue to punish Germany and Japan for the horrors they inflicted on the world decades ago by, in part, freeing their resources to be spent on their domestic well-being. Instead, we bear most of the cost of defending them from external danger.

Source: Barney Frank – http://www.politico.eu/article/rearm-germany-japan-military-force-security/ 22 oktober 15