Our people are all around you; in fact, one of the largest ancestry groups in your sector are German. We control your mass transit through our Siemens Transportation division; our Siemens controls are embedded in your power systems. German engineering is all through your daily life. Your people contribute significantly to our overseas operations through their purchases of our Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz cars, as an example. Your people spend untold millions on tourism to der Fatherland, all of it voluntary. Your people support an amazing number of our restaurants in the Metroplex. Your people did inflict horrific damage to our people and infrastructure during the war, incinerating and maiming millions of innocent men, women and children. However, we've made an astounding recovery: Berlin, 1945:
Berlin today:
We must remind you that it is not 1945 any longer, and fact, we are astounded by the changes in our relative fortunes. You will not find homeless encampments in der Fatherland as in Amerika. We take care of our people. Perhaps it's the destruction of your economy, that yielded only a GDP well under 2%, compared to ours, roaring ahead at over more than 4% in the last reporting period. Germany's economy is the strongest in the world at the moment--we're about to take over your stock exchange. We also regret to advise that Dallas has the unfortunate distinction of being in the crosshairs of our big Russian bear neighbour to the east; her ICBM's are primed & ready for takeoff, should that unfortunate situation arise, and at least incineration will not be the result, but rather total annihilation--you'll never know what hit you. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . .