One was that Germany should be flattened and reduced to a pre-industrial society from which no effective aggression could ever emerge again. The other was that Germany should be helped on the way to democracy.
也许美国参与（欧洲）战争与战后秩序有着某些联系，但人们对上述秩序有着两种不同的看法。一种观点是：应该把德国夷为平地，让它退回到工业社会以前的水平，这样它就再也无法发动大规模的战争。另一种观点是：应该帮助德国走上民主之路。