Man... nazi is just that...nazi, no exusess...
Look there were many reasons (not all bad ones) why countries misght have been motivated to join Germany during WWII in fighting their enemies. That the Soviet Union attacked and this was a way to get back them is certainly one that is worthy of consideration.
But the point was that Ahtesaari was the first president to try and honor those Finns of the Nazi Waffen SS -- and then he is made a negotiator for the Balkans? And then he makes a remark about "collective guilt" that is worthy of a Nazi? All Finns were probably not Nazis, but it seems to me that Ahtesaari liked the Nazi portion of Finland's history just a little too much -- and that is why I posted the article.
You wrote:
"Man... nazi is just that...nazi, no exusess..."
I didn't make any excuses. Communist is just communist and yet we sided with those mass murderers in WWII because we believed we needed to. We also took in plenty of Nazi scientists after WWII to make sure we would beat the USSR in the space race.
Well then the Soviet Union was a Nazi allies in the invasion of Poland
So you want to jump on the Finn for being Nazi allies to fight the Soviet Union (after the Finns were attacked by the Soviet Union first) but forget the Soviet Union attacked the Poles with the Nazi
Real world is a Finn were a little country surround by a couple of aggressor country's, the Soviet Union & Nazi Germany... they were nomanly allies at best of Germany and only in the fight with the Soviet Union....
Can no more dam the Finn for being Germany allies then us for being Soviet Union allies in WW2