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By: Nora Brinker

Nora Brinker — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:35:43 +0000

Yes, I was being cynical, or rather: provocative. Exactly the facts you are quoting make what happened so unfathomable for every thinking German born post-WWII. What Germans did was in no way less barbaric than what the Taliban are doing, just on a bigger scale, and yes, that were the same people who gave Beethoven and Bach to the world. Germany needed to be thoroughly defeated and closely watched before it could be taken back into the fold of the civilized nations. (And, believe me, they have never forgiven America for that.) I know that anything like that is not a feasible solution for Afghanistan, and I have often thought that we ought to erect a high wall between us and the Muslim world and stop worrying what they do to each other, but that is a thought which worries me deeply as well. Can it really be a solution?

So provocative yes, cynical maybe, funny? No way!

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:40:29 +0000

Nora: Germany had a deep liberal tradition (Goethe, Beethoven) as well as the usual bunch of sheep who follow orders (American, Soviet, or Nazi). They were educated Western Christians. Denazification of people who were bombed and nearly starved is trivial compared to conversion of Moslem tribal cavemen.

Remember – if the Germans threw the Americans OUT, the alternative was Stalin!

By: Contemplationist

Contemplationist — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:27:51 +0000

Ah the wisdom of the Founders. *sigh* Is this level of degeneration inevitable in any free society? Thanks for that Myron. The repulsive neocons and warbots who claim to defend the Constitution will declare that man an anti-American if it wasnt John Adams.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:16:11 +0000

In spite of the neocon directed Afghan War – Public Relations campaign, the Taliban are MONSTERS. But here is what John Quincy Adams said about MONSTERS:

http://www.fff.org/freedom/1001e.asp

“Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her (America’s) heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.
But she (America) goes not abroad, in search of MONSTERS to destroy.
She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.
She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example.
She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence; she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom.
The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force….
She might become the dictatress of the world. She would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit….”
Hence – Adams’ nickname “Old Man Eloquent”

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/jqadams

By: james huggins

james huggins — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:09:45 +0000

Nation of lunatics is about right. Not them, but us. The giant sand pit which is Muslim Asia and the Middle East becomes deeper and more dangerous with each passing day. The goofs we have running the USA not only have no idea what they are getting into but seem to have less and less awareness with each passing day.

By: Nora Brinker

Nora Brinker — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:39:01 +0000

“It takes a nation of lunatics to imagine they can transform a country like this one.”

It worked with Germany, didn’t it?

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:32:44 +0000

The religion of peace strikes again. Will the world ever wake up to what this barbaric religion is about? What s sick story.