VIlnus 10 looks like a Waffen SS volonteers meeting.
Richard Mucins, counselor at the Latvian embassy in Washington, said,according to the paper, that Jackson suggested the following passage, one of the most compelling sections in the statement:
"Our countries understand the dangers posed by tyranny and the special responsibility of democracies to defend our shared values".
The only shared value those countries have is common Nazi past.
This sentence from Vilnus 10 statement is enough to make decent person puke.
NEVER AGAIN. Yeah, right.
As a child, I visited a craft village that also included a holocaust museum/memorial.I have never forgotten the posters of pits and mounds of dead human bodies.The sight is not one I would willingly let my child view, untill she is at least old enough to have some mental defense mechanisms against that level of horror.Even though the holocaust happened 18 years before my birth,I have carried the memory of its horror, and have always supported the rightness of the nation of Israel to exist,based upon simple human justice.I stand by Israel today.
NEVER AGAIN indeed.
But "it" did happen again, did it not?In Rwanda, against the Tutsis, in 1994.Where was Israel then? I dont remember hearing of heroic Israeli efforts to stop the genocide.The USA was also conspiciously absent.The UN?The UN also turned a blind eye.
If you wish to punish the current people of Europe for the sins of their fathers, feel free.Do not expect the second and third generations of Europe, who are innocent of inflicting that horror, to view you as rational, or accept the unearned accusation of murderous genocidal intent.
I have never understood why the hatred of the Jewish people flourished, and still exists in this world.
I am now very aware of how it is possible to hate a group of people for their religion.Islamic terrorists have taught me how "it" can very easily happen again.Will the genocide of Islamic people count as a holocaust, or do you think it a justifiable self defense?
What did the Tutsis do to deserve their fate?
I am a citizen of the USA.My ancestors included a race that endured the horror of genocide.Who should suffer for those crimes?Those who actually did it are long dead.Shall I hate half of my personal genetic makeup for the sake of self righteous superiority as a partial member of a recognised victim class in history?
If NEVER AGAIN really means "never again", when will "never again" start?
Waiting for President Bush and President Adamkus, old and young Lithuanians hold the American and Lithuanian flags at Rotuse Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Nov. 23. "You (the Lithuanian people) have known cruel oppression and withstood it. You were held captive by an empire and you outlived it. And because you have paid its cost you know the value of human freedom," said President Bush in his remarks. "Lithuania today is true to its best traditions of democracy and tolerance and religious liberty, and you have earned the respect of my nation and all nations."
Vilnius, January 14, 1991