planosteve wrote:Those two geo political situations have nothing in common.
Neither did East and West Germany.
I mean Korea and Germany.
The Koreas are still bitter and hostile after a terrible war fought 65 years ago.
Germany never wanted to be separate.
A hostile 3rd party divided them by an iron curtain and disallowed anyone to leave the East.
Germans couldn't WAIT to get back together.
And yes, I spent plenty of time in each side when they were separate..and plenty of time all over the unified Germany since they reconstituted.