[Alpenkatze]

I really can't believe YOUR back... I NEVER said the NAZI's were cool in any way shape or form.... I said ONLY that I was proud of the German army and not ANY that took part in murder. The artical you are refering to, I was one to defend innocent people by believing murderers should be put on trial and not defended. I was then attacked by numerous anti CROATIAN/Serb nationalist. So don't go running from room to room calling me a NAZI sympathizer. For the rest of you... I would have made this a private letter, but this person 'labeled' me and I felt I needed to defend my name. As for these battles I mention, these are already going on, and I'm simply saying maybe WE as AMERICANS could be helping them out while we help ourselves. By the way, you have misunderstood something here... I've also never said I was FROM there, I'm a second generation American. We homesteaded land in Northern Minnesota in 1907. I have reletives in both Austria/Croatia and I'm of that nationality witch was related to that story. We keep in contact so I was able to give somewhat first hand knowledge. Please stay away from me or at least send PRIVATE notice.

[wonders]

First of all, I have not gone from room to room calling you a Nazi sympathiser, so please calm down. Please note that I was posting on this thread long before you joined it.

I stand corrected that you are an American citizen of Croat/Austian descent. Thank you for clearing that up. I am making this a public post so I may state that I inferred from your earlier post identifying yourself as half-Croat and half-Austrian that you lived in Austria, and I was very wrong in that assumption. (I even managed to mangle your nationality into Austrian-Slovene, for which I apologise.)

Also, you did indeed say: I was proud of the German army during WWII. I was NOT proud of the SS.. Some people, such as yourself, see a sharp distinction. And I, myself, hardly think every single German conscript during WWII was a monster, even though my grandfather was mustard-gassed by regular German army units, and my father-in-law, at the age of five, was separated from his parents while trying to flee St. Petersburg when the regular German army shelled the refugees on the dock and spent several years at near-starvation afterward.

Likewise, perhaps you have me confused with some others who attacked you on the earlier thread. If you will go back and check, I think you will find I have always been very polite to you, and even said some very nice things about you. (So has getoffmylawn, BTW.)

Finally, your post #15 sounds like a young man who's never been in the middle of a war, who has fine sentiments and even finer hopes, while my post #27 in reply sounds like someone who has been in the middle of a war or two, and who wishes your fine sentiments would win out, but who bitterly knows they cannot...and is railing more against this tragic truth than at the young man with the bright hopes (which I so wish were realistic -- in a just world, they would be -- and my hope of hopes and prayer of prayers is that idealistic young people like you will continue to carry forth such a bright flame -- the world needs it!).

Perhaps the two of us should simply take into account our various histories, acknowledge our differences, apologise for our mistakes, and move on from here as fellow travellers, if not friends?

I'm actually a very nice lady, and I think you are actually a very nice young man.

In any case, I hope you will remain on FR, as there is much to be learned here, at least when folks don't let emotions get in the way ;)

Best regards, wonders