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I Hadn't the Slightest Idea of the Scale of Genocide
Spiegel Online ^
| Nov. 18, 2005
| Annette Langer
Posted on 11/21/2005 11:07:25 AM PST by caveat emptor
Der Spiegel interview with Nuremberg Prosecutor on 60th aniversary of the start of Nuremberg War Crimes Trial:
...I am totally convinced that Adolf Hitler was only a name that symbolized the absolute and worldwide breakdown of morality in the 20th century. It started in 1914 with World War I when everyone killed everyone and no moral standards remained. Revenge was the order of the day and any excuse was permissible. And afterwards? What did the communists do in Russia? And the Japanese in China? ...
(Excerpt) Read more at service.spiegel.de ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aniversary; holocaust; moralequivalence; nuremberg; wwii
...Harris: We cannot tolerate war in this world anymore. Wars are not only disastrous for the societies directly involved but also fatal for all of mankind.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Is it not an irony of history that of all people it's the USA which fiercely refuses to ratify the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court in The Hague?
Harris: I am a strong advocate of the International Criminal Court and find it completely unacceptable that the US has still not ratified the statute...
Fortunately, the U.S. is not effete like much of Old Europe.
To: caveat emptor
Anyone who writes: "We cannot tolerate war in this world anymore." is dreaming and does not deserve to be heard. What is one to do when one is faced with a Stalin or a Hitler? The attitude that was is not to be tolerated leads to denial of the facts and to actions like those of Chamberlain.
Those who embrace peace at any cost are destined to fight wars they didn't need.
To: caveat emptor
Just goes to show that just because you prosecuted Nazis doesn't mean you can't be a platitude spouting liberal wuss.
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:14:28 AM PST
by
isrul
To: the_Watchman
Just sing "Kumbaya," and stand in front of fascist tanks.
It worked swell in Tienanmen Square.
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:19:19 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: the_Watchman
Liberalism is a mental disorder. The sufferer experiences delusions of grandeuer, an inability to deal with reality, bouts of suicidal and manic depression, coupled with homicidal rage when denied their will.
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:32:21 AM PST
by
semaj
(qu)
To: caveat emptor
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:38:37 AM PST
by
Nateman
To: caveat emptor
What did the communists do in Russia? And the Japanese in China? .
They did what John Kerry accused our brave troops of doing, basically the same as Ghengis Khan actually did...and others before and after him.
Want to end war? STRONG DEFENSE and pre-emptive at times.
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:38:37 AM PST
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
To: caveat emptor
Harris: I am a strong advocate of the International Criminal Court and find it completely unacceptable that the US has still not ratified the statute... Well, what are you EUroweenies gonna do about it?
Whine?
Stamp your feet?
Hold your breath until you turn blue?
If you don't have a military, you don't get to talk about "completely unacceptable". You just have to roll over and take it. If you don't like it, start building tanks...
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:38:46 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: Blurblogger
They did what John Kerry accused our brave troops of doing, basically the same as Ghengis Khan actually did... That's pronounced "Jen-jis" don'tcha know...
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:40:18 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: gridlock
I know Ghengis Kahn. Ghengis Kahn was a friend of mine. Senator Kerry, you're no Ghengis Kahn.
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:44:06 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(We were promised someone in the Scalia/Thomas mold. Let's keep it going with future nominees.)
To: caveat emptor
When confronting evil - fascism, Communism, Islamism or any other ism - you have to bring it to an indisputable end before you can go forward and deal with the rest. If Mr. Harris is listening, it's precisely because we cannot allow our soldiers to be sacrificed to an internationalist anti-American cabal that shares his thinking that should never sign ratify.
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posted on
11/21/2005 12:12:35 PM PST
by
ArmyTeach
(Pray daily for our troops...)
To: KarlInOhio
Damn. Now that some cool battle-gear. I'd love to be wearing that the next time my daughter brings home some date.
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posted on
11/21/2005 12:14:29 PM PST
by
mad puppy
( The Southern border needs to be a MAJOR issue in 2006 and 2008)
To: caveat emptor
I prefer Clemenza:
"...This thing's gotta happen every five years or so -- ten years -- helps to get rid of the bad blood. Been ten years since the last one. You know you got to stop them at the beginning, like they should have stopped Hitler at Munich...
To: gridlock
they could always complain to the un and get a resolution.
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posted on
11/21/2005 12:24:42 PM PST
by
bdfromlv
(Leavenworth hard time)
To: the_Watchman
"We cannot tolerate war in this world..."
This kook could be related to Neville Chamberlain. It was bad enough that Chamberlain and his buddies appeased Hitler at Munich in 1938. But when Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, the failure of France and Great Britain to attack Germany from the west was disastrous.
Peace-at-any-cost appeasement reminds me of those old Fram Oil Filter commercials, "You can pay me now, or pay me later."
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posted on
11/21/2005 2:24:48 PM PST
by
04-Bravo
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