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All,
The reason why I said that the Germans were fighting for the wrong cause was not only because of their penchant to become a preeminent world power by conquest, but also for their invasion of neutral Belgium. The Belgians had already turned down offers of protection from the French and the British, prior to Germany's request/ultimatum of "right of passage" to execute the Schlieffen Plan. Belgium was abiding by all that was in force at the time to protect her right of Neutrality. The Germans in DIRECT violation of the Hague Convention and the Treaty of Neutrality of 1847 went ahead and invaded a staunchly neutral Belgium after being denied permission by King Leopold. If people think that action is justifiable and right, then we must be compelled to sit down and rethink what determines right and wrong (this is what supposedly separates us from the lower life forms on the planet).
About the submarine thing, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for torpedoing clearly marked hospital ships as was the case in 1917.
VBR,
Jim
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