[IronJack]

This has always been an inspiring story to me. Read Leon Uris' Mila 18. It's a tale of what a handful of people with courage can do.

Would that we had the same courage today.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

And a ping for those on Alouette's list, she's away from her computor.

[sharktrager]

Though many non-Jewish Poles and some in the Home Army sought to assist the doomed Jewish revolt in 1943, the Jewish fighters and the tens of thousands of helpless civilians they sought to protect ultimately were left to fight and die alone, without aid from the Allies or local partisans.

I am neither Polish nor Jewish, but this statement offends me.

There is a huge difference between the condition of the German army in 1943 and what it was in 1944.

Had the partisans joined in in 1943 they would have been killed with no hope of success. But in 1944 they had a chance, but were hung out to dry by the Allies.

It is a matter of choosing your fights wisely. A larger force in 1943 would not have changed the outcome. I do not fault those who bravely fought in the Ghetto Uprising. For them, it was the only reasonable course of action. They were going to be killed either way. The same can not be said of those who fought in 1944.