Teribus,

The German army could have been marching down the Mall, and the High Seas fleet steaming up the Medway, but even that would be better than 17 million dead. And "reputation"? What "reputation". Reputation as a former imperial power? As an active participant in the slave trade? Our reputation was already ruined and nothing would have changed that.

That post should have been from me. Mods please delete the near identical one above which says it is from GUEST, Teribus.