[jf22]

>One could have said this about the U.S. and Germany in 1927.

Source?

I read about history sometimes and am a big fan of WW2.

I've never heard Germany and the US being "inexorably intertwined" and find the comparison to China/US almost preposterous given the modern global economy and the feeder/lecher relationships we have now.

[userulluipeste]

German was(/still-is) the biggest community in USA:

"They comprise about 50 million people, making them the largest ancestry group ahead of Irish Americans, African Americans and English Americans."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American