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To: PAR35

the indian government in exile (frei Hind) was axis and indians fought for the exile govenment( Do you dispute this) The leader of the exile govenment that worked with Hitler is thought of as a hero today(do you dispute this). This leader had socialist/authorotarian views of govenment (do yo dispute this? ). Thats all i am saying. Let me know what points you disagree on and we can continue this discussion. It is entirely possible we agree on everything.


37 posted on 07/24/2005 7:50:38 PM PDT by minus_273
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To: minus_273
the indian government in exile (frei Hind) was axis and indians fought for the exile govenment( Do you dispute this)

Yes, I'll dispute that there was a 'government in exile'. I won't dispute that there were malcontents who saw a path to power through the Axis. Even Britain had Oswald Moseley, or more directly on point, Unity Mitford. But you can't call Unity Mitford a British government in exile.

The fact that those malcontents are now held in high regard by some (or many) is no surprise. But it doesn't change what they were, and were not, at the time.

And to save some discussion down the road, I would consider the Dutch and Polish governments in exile to be legitimate, while DeGaulle's legitimacy, while expedient, was questionable.

38 posted on 07/24/2005 8:23:52 PM PDT by PAR35
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