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Originally Posted by chewie_nz once again i feel that someone needs to say.
why do we need to go down to that level. i don't hear anyone owning up to torturing nazi party members?
aren't you just giving them a reason to continue their struggle. you win these struggles by building hospitals and school. not by torturing people. and esp not by setting the wrong example for this middle eastern experiment in democracy |
The Allied in WWII did own the touturing of Germans, however the answer I believe is in two quotes.
"America has no friends , only interests" (Clinton)
Example, (IMO) invade and conquer for Oil, stand by do nothing during mass killings in Africa
"Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (B. Franklin)
Example, The Patriot Act, if you read the text you would understand.
The days of getting down to their level has not been around since the high days of the Peace Corp.
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
I think is happening again, just replace some of the names.
Also Read
Crimes and Mercies: The Fate Of German Civilians Under Allied Occupation, 1944-1950 by James Bacque
A Terrible Revenge : The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans
by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
Other Losses
by James Bacque