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Subject: Re: The Shame of the President
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> Whether the Nazi recruits were victims or not isn't really
> the issue.  One could argue that the Vichy regime in France
> was a victim of the Nazis, but the French don't honor it.  
> They honor the minority that were brave enough to oppose the
> fascists.  The right move is to honor the Nazi resistance as
> the best of Germans, not the "good Germans" who asked no
> questions -- or worse, as many at Bitburg are, the real butchers
> who savored the opportunity.
> 
> Mike Kelly

At the risk of getting the JDL after me, let me say that you do
yourself, and many others, a dishonor by implying that the majority
of the German people condoned Hitler's actions by serving their
country in time of war.  It is very easy for people in our free
society to assume that anyone, anywhere can speak out against their
government and not face retribution.  Let me point out to you that
this has very rarely been the case in most of the world.

Should we let the world forget what happened?  No.  Should we in 
anyway honor the madmen that made it possible?  Never!  But isn't
about time we stopped condeming a whole generation of people because
they fought for their country when its existence was being threatened?
No?  Tell me that again when you see the tanks in the street.

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