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> When the instigators and butchers of World War I ... didn't get torn apart by their own people, I have little hope for responsibility and justice. You have t
by finid 10y ago
> When the instigators and butchers of World War I ... didn't get torn apart by their own people, I have little hope for responsibility and justice.
You have to understand that the instigators of WWI, and other subsequent wars, did not come from outer space. To their fellow countrymen and women, they were patriots. National heroes.
That applies even today.
A few years ago, I read an article in the Washington Post online. The writer said that when somebody spotted Donald Rumsfeld in the subway and pointed to him, practically everybody in the car gave him a standing ovation. That was after he'd resigned from office.
Says a lot about us.
- vkou 10y agoThey weren't patriots for participating in that pointless slaughter. They were monsters. Alas, that's precisely my point. If the world were right, we would not tolerate barbarism. It's not, though.