He is referring to the bombing of Britain by Hitler's forces (also known as the Nazis). He was also said to have stated about this "It is not the size of the dog in the fight; but the size of the fight in the dog."
The Dawes Plan provided short term economic benefits to the German economy. It softened the burdens of war reparations, stabilized the currency, and brought increased foreign investments and loans to the German market. However, it made the German economy dependent on foreign markets and economies, and therefore problems with the U.S. economy (e.g. the Great Depression) would later severely hurt Germany as it did the rest of the western world, which was subject to debt repayments for loans of American dollars.
<span>After World War I, this cycle of money from U.S. loans to Germany, which then made reparations to other European nations, which then used the money to pay off their debts to America, locked the western world's economy on that of the U.S. </span>
<span>Charles G. Dawes was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1925, in recognition of his work on the Dawes Plan. </span>
Answer: He said his rough riders came from that area, boosting overall support and admiration for the people of the region.
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The link is that trade has often been used historically to spread religious beliefs. This was especially common during early ages of Islam since Arabs were really important in the trade business since they were the middle people between far east and Europe. As they opened up trading posts across the Mediterranean they also spread their religious beliefs. This is one of the reasons why the North of Africa is for example mostly Muslim.