I’m sorry if I give the wrong impression. I admire the stance of both the Swedish and Swiss governments during the War. They both performed admirably their responsibility of protecting their own citizen.
Switerland took in 200,000 Jews from Nazi Europe, more per capita than any other nation. Sweden was a haven and conduit for the Jews who could make it there and no one can forget the contributions and sacrifice of Raoul Wallenberg, who in my opinion, probably accurately reflected the sentiments of the majority of his countrymen.
No country’s policies during the War, or before or since, are unblemished, there is fault to found in all. Certainly, on the whole, Sweden’s contributions to civilization are distinctly positive.
However, the Germans did not "ride in on horseback", but rather, marched in front of horse drawn wagons, which were probably better suited for the primitive conditions of Russian roads and infrastructure than the U.S. Army's deuce and a half. (Eisenhower said that the two and half ton truck was the most decisive advantage the Allies held in the west.)
- I wasn't offended or anything. I apologize if I sounded somewhat harsh in my reply.
“No country’s policies during the War, or before or since, are unblemished, there is fault to found in all. Certainly, on the whole, Sweden’s contributions to civilization are distinctly positive.”
- Very true. Personally, I feel we Westerners must confront what actually happened during these dark years.
If we ever are to restore the true spirit of the West, we must dare to have a closer look at ALL of the quite unnecessary harm we have caused ourselves recently - and continue causing ourselves.
The reason I, personally, am so much engaged in the tragic past of Europe is that I see it as a mission in life and as my duty as a European to make way for the OPPOSITE of the horrors my fellow Europeans had to endure some decades ago.
Europe, the largest economy on earth, IS able of achieving something no other part of the world can accomplish:
A new Renaissance.
Thoughts sounding somewhat too grand in design perhaps, but to the extent that Europeans in general agree with me, we are a continent of over 500 million on the march.
If we succeed in restoring Western Civilization in close cooperation with the Americans, the world will never again be same.
It will become better.