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WWII was a fair war . . .

That's not what they said at Nuremberg. No, Germany's coveting of an entire continent so it could have some "lebensraum" was not fair.

My Grand-Pas had nothing to do with these actions. They even didn´t know it.

Yeah, I'll bet they were real good little Nazis. Germans downwind from Dachau to this day claim they didn't know anything about it either, even though they were choking on the crematory soot. We've heard it all before.

MY society has paid for the crimes . . .

Fifty million people perished, Michael. Germany can never adequately pay for that crime.

It's only been a few generations and already Germans are yukking it up over the war (actually, we both know they were yukking it up long ago). East and West is reunited and I don't expect it'll be too many more generations before we see German soldiers goose-stepping down the Kurfurstendamm. The last few months has made it quite clear Germans still don't know right from wrong.

But please spread the word, Michael: America is always ready and willing to give Germany another good thumping. Only this time there will be no reconstruction. Fool us once and all that crap.

The war was fair, otherwise I would say that the "Iraq war" wasn´t a fair one, too. The Iraqis (like the French and Poles in 1939) hat just no real chance - but it was fair though.

Yeah, you know everything, you are the Master. Come on dude, you cannot tell me that my ancestors knew what happened to the Jews. It was so cruel that noone could have ever imagined that humans could do such to humans.
What have the British pilots said who have over-flown the KZ in the early 40´s?

The people in the KZ towns have probably known it, but the normal soldier in combat or the average women in the city? Surely not.

I repeat it, my society has paid for the crimes - I didn´t say for the war. Tell me: why did we pay for a killed jew but not for a soldiers life killed in combat? Because the last-mentioned had a fair chance to defend himself.

You can do whatever you want, but my generation will never feel responsible for what happened before our birth. Period.

Btw, America is willing to serve its interests first. Tell me, why are no soldiers forcing N Korea to stop its nuclear programs? Why are the people in Kongo slaughtering their "fellow-"citizen? We can´t knock out the evil today, but we should try it. I think there is a contradictive policy, not only of the US but from the very most nations in the UN. Ehh....what´s going on in Chechnya? Seems as if the Russian problem is completely ignored by the world community. Great job.

What I´m gonna tell you is, that my country has done something wrong before. But we´re the good ones today - face reality. There are so many countries committing so many crimes on this planet and even the US have not a white vest. If you feel responsible for getting rid of "evil", then start in N Korea - or better: solve the problem in Iraq. With or without foreign help.

Many regards,

Michael