German Colonial Purchases

Their colonial track record doesn't stand out among the colonial records of other nations, though: Belgium has a much worse track record, for example.

Not really. it could even be said Belgium has one of the better track records.
 
Indonesia to Germany isn't going to happen without a lot of fiddling.

Along the same lines, how much fiddling would it have taken to see the US sell the Philippines around the turn of the century? Of if more likely, release the territory in a Cuba situation with Germany attempting to 'take' the new nations latter on down the road?
 
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