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Originally Posted by Thomen
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Nice hypocrisy here.
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Don't confuse the actions of others in my country when I do not support them or do
anything to support them.
I'm all for memorials for the airmen and the crew of U-864, but not for any kind
of military honors, glorification etc.
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For the small Soldier the goal was clear: To keep your country safe... The Polish start shooting at you, and 2 days later the English and French are declaring war on you and start air raiding you country.
Propaganda is a powerful instrument, even in these days.
You are apparently willing to make amendments to your judgment for those 'who fought the just cause' or rather unwilling to see it from perspective and without any peeking at 20/20 hindsight.
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Exactly!
Back then it seamed the right and honorable thing to do, now we can see it was not.
Their ignorance goes some way to excuse their actions, but we can not use it to
justify our actions.