The number of ex-members of Hitler’s personal militia, the SA, was also surprisingly high, the report found, reaching a peak of 45 percent in 1961. …I am thinking of the saying “past is prologue” here.
It is our inflexible purpose to destroy German militarism and Nazism and to ensure that Germany will never again be able to disturb the peace of the world. We are determined to disarm and disband all German armed forces; break up for all time the German General Staff that has repeatedly contrived the resurgence of German militarism, remove or destroy all German military equipment; eliminate or control all German industry the that could be used for military production; bring all war criminals to just and swift punishment and exact reparation in kind for the destruction wrought by the Germans; wipe out the Nazi Party, Nazi laws, organizations and institutions, remove all Nazi and militarist influences from public office and from the cultural and economic life of the German people; and take in harmony such other measures in Germany as may be necessary to the future peace and safety of the world. It is not our purpose to destroy the people of Germany, but only when Nazism and militarism have been extirpated will there be hope for a decent life for Germans, and a place for them in the comity of nations.The word “extirpated” has only one meaning.
It is a dilemma that the likely outcome is going to be bad if the Muslims are allowed to take over the country, but it is also going to be bad if it triggers a massive wave of hate.
My personal opinion is that at this point, the Muslim take over is the worse consequence. Imagine German Muslims with a license to hate non-Muslims and the technology to make Nuke ICBMS.
Apparently, it meant keeping the German civil service 2/3rds Nazi, because doing so achieved just the end result stated.
A dying FDR being led around by his nose by Stalin.
Yalta made World War II essentially meaningless. Britain and France went to war to save Poland, and Yalta sold the Poles into a different slavery.