> as if the Germans of today [...] must offer themselves up as some kind of sacrifice to repent of the sins of previous generations. This isn't a new phenomeno

> as if the Germans of today [...] must offer themselves up as some kind of sacrifice to repent of the sins of previous generations. This isn't a new phenomenon. Regan was criticized in 1985 for expressing similar views -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburg_controversy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburg_controversy -- albeit in a way which was either politically clumsy or extremely offensive to the victims of Nazism, depending on your viewpoint.