Last April I learned something startling, but which has since begun to make far more sense: Prior to the defeat of the Nazis at Stalingrad the US had no plans for confronting Hitler’s Fortress Europe. Our leaders were content to make peace with him.
Stalingrad so weakened his regime that plans were quickly made to invade. The Nazis were so diminished as a fighting force that many we encountered were old men and teenagers in uniform.
Why does it make sense? From Klaus Barbie to the present, the US has routinely supported the most ruthless killers on the planet, in addition to doing its own share of butchery. Most of our presidents, including the current one, belong(ed) behind bars.
Today Egypt is up in arms again, and even as the US is supporting the army and supplying weapons, Hillary Clinton is urging restraint. That’s only for our benefit. Behind the scenes, the US is desperately working to prevent democracy in that country. The dominoes would fall.
This all comes to mind as I prepare to board my flight. Since 1980 those vicious Muslims have killed maybe 4,000 westerners. Since the end of World War II, my country has killed and/or tortured millions upon millions of innocent people.
Today my chances of being killed by a terrorist is virtually zero. All of this airport security is only meant to enhance our state of fear. But if there were a real chance of death by terrorism today, history tells me that the culprit would far more likely be an American than a Muslim.
By a factor of thousands.
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Why does it make sense?
Heh.
my country has killed and/or tortured millions upon millions of innocent people.
Ah, the Canticle of Tokarski. I see now the benefit of going to the metaphorical leftist Church once a week, so one can run over the liturgy and deepen the groove.
If you benefit from America’s place in the world, doesn’t that make you guilty in an accessory-after-the-fact kind of way?
Stalingrad to boarding an airplane in one post. Nice. You are wrong on the military details, but I suppose it doesn’t matter.
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You want to go long on this? I can, including numbers and military details. Start with the European War – who won it?
Don’t be vague, don’t argue in generalities like ” Canticle of Tokarski.” That is meaningless, no content. I want substance. Bring it.
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Canticle of Tokarski
You pick and choose your factoids. You don’t have an over-arching objective view.
Start with the European War – who won it?
The Germans are blasting into the future with a strong economy and much influence. America and Russia are declining in many ways after trying to maintain Empires, so I suppose the answer is up for grabs when viewed from today.
many we encountered were old men and teenagers in uniform.
At the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans had some dicey recruits, but otherwise we got our asses kicked by German infantry in WWII. We made up for it with artillery and air power.
Prior to the defeat of the Nazis at Stalingrad the US had no plans for confronting Hitler’s Fortress Europe.
In such an endeavor, you can find some back and forth on this kind of issue. But the overall message was always for an invasion.
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