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Bad? Yes. "By far the worst war crimes ever committed by any nation"? In war which also featured the holocaust, not even close. You must have anticipated this r

by dTal 3y ago

Bad? Yes. "By far the worst war crimes ever committed by any nation"? In war which also featured the holocaust, not even close. You must have anticipated this response?

tonetegeatinst 3y ago
I suspect they must have...I mean this has to be bait.....it has to be or its just straight up ignorance of what went down in ww2
- dTal 3y ago
  If bait, it's very effective. 13 comments on this article and all replying to this hyperbolic sideshow.
  - tonetegeatinst 3y ago
    Agreed. Unfortunately no further interaction from the person...seems like they want to just drive discussion or create discord.....who can say but them at this point
    - brabel 3y ago
      I have a life and was not around... but yes, I am glad there's a discussion, though as usual, people defend their ancestors horrible decisions with the same tired, proven false, arguments. No surprise though. If you think it would be ok to drop a bomb on Moscow today to force Russia to surrender in the current war, or for Russians to do the same on Kyiv (just imagine how many lives will be saved by stopping the ground invasion, right!??), then you're just using the same rationale as the people defending the Americans' horrible crime. Tell us: do you support one of those?! If not, why not???
brabel 3y ago
Well, of course I did. You think the Holocaust was a war crime?? It was not! It was happening regardless of war as far as I understand the Germans motivations. Yes, it may be an even worse crime (though I would argue that because it happened over many years - you need to take that into account - the Americans would probably kill the full Japanese population if they had not surrended, given enough time), but not a "war crime". They were not killing Jews to force them to surrender or something... they were trying to exterminate them in Europe simply because of their ideology. The Allies were not fighting to protect the Jews either, mind you. No one really knew the extent of the gas chambers at the time, and I suspect a lot of people in the Allies countries didn't actually mind much anyway - given just how racist their own societies were at the time (I hope I don't need to remind you how blacks/asians and even Italians were treated in America in the 1930's).

by dTal 3y ago

Bad? Yes. "By far the worst war crimes ever committed by any nation"? In war which also featured the holocaust, not even close. You must have anticipated this response?

tonetegeatinst 3y ago

I suspect they must have...I mean this has to be bait.....it has to be or its just straight up ignorance of what went down in ww2

dTal 3y ago
If bait, it's very effective. 13 comments on this article and all replying to this hyperbolic sideshow.
- tonetegeatinst 3y ago
  Agreed. Unfortunately no further interaction from the person...seems like they want to just drive discussion or create discord.....who can say but them at this point
  - brabel 3y ago
    I have a life and was not around... but yes, I am glad there's a discussion, though as usual, people defend their ancestors horrible decisions with the same tired, proven false, arguments. No surprise though. If you think it would be ok to drop a bomb on Moscow today to force Russia to surrender in the current war, or for Russians to do the same on Kyiv (just imagine how many lives will be saved by stopping the ground invasion, right!??), then you're just using the same rationale as the people defending the Americans' horrible crime. Tell us: do you support one of those?! If not, why not???

brabel 3y ago

Well, of course I did. You think the Holocaust was a war crime?? It was not! It was happening regardless of war as far as I understand the Germans motivations. Yes, it may be an even worse crime (though I would argue that because it happened over many years - you need to take that into account - the Americans would probably kill the full Japanese population if they had not surrended, given enough time), but not a "war crime". They were not killing Jews to force them to surrender or something... they were trying to exterminate them in Europe simply because of their ideology. The Allies were not fighting to protect the Jews either, mind you. No one really knew the extent of the gas chambers at the time, and I suspect a lot of people in the Allies countries didn't actually mind much anyway - given just how racist their own societies were at the time (I hope I don't need to remind you how blacks/asians and even Italians were treated in America in the 1930's).