Frank Colessi wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:55:25 -0800, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> You are not correctly interpreting the excerpt.
>
> The references to Algeria and Vietnam are only intended to support
> the claim that a loss of "inner morality" among soldiers, for whatever
> reason, can lead to a degradation of combat sustainability.
>
> There is no equation, implied or otherwise, being made between
> Nazi atrocities and the Vietnam experience.
>
I concur. After Charles' post I went back to reread the text.
But again thanks to Erinnerungen for posting this collection. Also
appreciation to all for the effort to maintain a civil discourse on a
contentious subject.
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