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Hi,
Yes, I think we all realize that Hitler had the support of the German people to enter a position of power, and that he also had support from a percentage of the populace in his zealous massacres, but condemning a group of people because they lived in or around a country during a time in history is both narrow minded and stupid. I never said they were defending the Fatherland by invading Europe, I said they fought for their country by answering their national call-to-arms. Are the American soldiers of today not doing the same thing? Despite America's foggy intentions and sad excuses for logic, I still see the soldiers as inherently good people. After all, as I said before, they cannot choose which battles to fight in or which enemy to fight, those things are chosen for them.
As to this report of revisionist writings occuring in Germany, I ask of you, how many other countries have also shared in revisionist writings? Well, the answer is nearly every nation on earth. I don't blame them for trying to hide or forget the actions of past generations. What are they supposed to do? Get caught up in the war and not get past it? I don't think so. And specifically on the subject of the firebombings- yes, the people who carried those attacks as well as the firebombings of Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka are just as guilty as any Nazi who killed jews. Why? Because those acts were specifically carried out knowing they would kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civillians, and they were carried out for that purpose alone. The Americans by this point knew that they had knocked out most factories, shipyards, and important targets, so they would literally fly over cities and drop their payload at will- anything was an ample target in their eyes. And what makes this even worse is that bombing runs were specifically designated during times when the Allied forces knew that Japanese and German civillians would be out shopping, so they could inflict the worst casualties. And yet, this is almost never mentioned in American history. I wonder why? Germany is changing it's stance on it's relationship with America- like just about every country in the world at the moment. Singling Germany out because of it's previous faults is like bringing up a past relationship to spite a person: it is both in bad taste and cowardly.
Thanks,
Manga
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