[Oratam]

Coddling German sensitivities in the early post war years is why the Germans are dealing with their shame and guilt in the misguided and self-destructive way they are now.

We should have made them bite the bullet 50-60 years ago.

[nickcarraway]

They wouldn’t have been coddled if a little thing called the Cold War hadn’t started.

[sparklite2]

Oh, they’ve already bitten it. Germany has confronted their Nazi era a whole lot more completely than Japan has confronted theirs.

In the 90s, a book was written in Germany that psychologically profiled Hitler. It was not allowed to be published on the theory that to understand all is to forgive all. It eventually got into print.