WW II Germans Were Pigs

[SoDesuKa]

We look back on the behavior of German citizens during World War II and denounce their indifference to the actions of the Wehrmacht. But Americans today refuse to acknowledge that our war policies encourage atrocities. Just as we now denounce the World War II Germans, other generations will denounce us . . . and for the same reason.

The Bush government, with its long-standing contempt for the Geneva Conventions, is ultimately responsible for the killing of unarmed prisoners in Fallujah. However, it is not going to put itself on trial. Military lawyers are looking for a way to court-martial that Marine without blame spilling over on the system as a whole.

They will have to come up with a specific violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, such as an explicit prohibition against shooting prisoners. My understanding is that the troops were told to shoot anything that moves. John Kerry denounced such free fire zones as an atrocity in themselves - which indeed they are. Military authorities will probably charge the Marine with a violation of Article 134 - conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline.

[Village Idiot]

1. I've been telling people for weeks -

USA in 2004 is looking more and more like Germany in 1934...in a little while we'll be watching the loading of the trains...

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. We won't be watching

unless it's us watching ourselves being loaded onto the trains....

[Minstrel Boy]

3. Here's the thing about Germans under Hitler:

until the grim reality of the war set in, apart from the politicized, the Jews and other targeted minorities, life seemed normal, and actually, pretty damn good compared to the depression, the humiliation of defeat and the horrible losses of the First World War. (For instance, read about the "Strength through Joy" program.)

Most Americans won't know they're living under despotism until it's too late.

[readmylips]

4. Yeah..bring on president Ahhnold Nazi Schawartzpig....

at least we know where Ahhnold stands on Nazi-ism, and he doesn't have to play the kkkristian game.