It's OK.
Also, you must by now understand that "Charles Lindbergh" is clearly
anti-German.
Regardless, please keep posting. Thank you.
On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:51:30 -0500, Erinnerungen <ugh@bingbam.com>
wrote:
>You know what Charles, you're absolutely right. My personal opinion
>would be that even mentioning the conduct of a few American servicemen
>in Vietnam, or anywhere else in the same context as the German army in
>World War II is an abomination. Further it is a libel on the US
>military of the type usually heard from the anti-military types in
>this country (US) who are adept at guilt by association)
>My fault entirely for being too quick with the cut & paste and not
>reading, and understanding, what I'm pasting. In general I like Robert
>Kershaw's books but in this case he is dead wrong when it comes to the
>American military.
>
>My apologies for letting that get past me. I'm actually embarrassed
>about it.
>
>Erinnerungen
>
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>On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:55:25 -0800, Charles Lindbergh
><spirit@stlouis.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:28:21 -0500, Erinnerungen <ugh@bingbam.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> That
>>>this can degrade combat sustainability has been demonstrated by French
>>>soldiers in Algeria serving during the past colonial civil war and by
>>>American troops in Vietnam. Malaise induced by seemingly pointless,
>>>yet officially sponsored, violence reduced the justification of
>>>prosecuting the Russian war to German soldiers to one of mere
>>>survival.
>>
>>If I am correctly interpreting your narrative, it would seem you are
>>equating the state sponsored, mass extinction by the Nazi's of the
>>Soviet armed forces with a few criminal acts by individual American
>>servicemen in Vietnam.
>>
>>If so, there could be nothing further from the truth. The Germans,
>>a.k.a. Nazis intentionally set out to exterminate Russian soldiers as
>>Hitler deemed them as being sub-human. The policy of the United
>>States in Vietnam was, in no means, reflected in the criminal acts of
>>a few individuals.
>>
>>Whereas I appreciate the historical nature of the photographs you have
>>been posting, I find it imperative to keep in mind the horrific and
>>some would say evil behaviors of the German nation in the prosecution
>>of virtually every aspect of WWII.
>>
>>All just my humble opinion and I do thank you for posting the
>>photographs.
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