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bobola1313 -> RE: Sympathy For The Devil? (10/4/2005 12:40:30 PM)
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KG Erwin,
I find it odd that you would say that only "some perceive as a monolithic symbol of hatred, persecution and unlimited imperial ambition." Perhaps you would enlighten us to just what the goals of the Third Reich were. Certainly there was no persecution or hatred at places like Auschwitz. There couldn't have been any violations of the Geneva Convention on the Eastern Front. Do I think that the average Wehrmacht soldier was responsible? No.
I don't see any comparison with the above to the modern United States that you feel that we need to worry about the "perception". It is not the luxury of the marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors to say that this is a just war and this one is not. Their job is to whack our enemies and hand them their just-kicked butts. Unfortunately, our leaders don't have the will to defeat our enemies, something we haven't had since the end of WW2.
Ya know, the occasional messages from Osama put a human face on just what his goals are, too......
Think on that,
Robert M. Townsend, GSM2 USN 85-94
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