Sounds to me like he was attempting an analysis of the soldiers in the unit, suggesting that they felt Soviet Communism was a bigger threat to their country than Nazism, so they chose to fight what they saw was the greater of the two evils. Politically tone deaf, absolutely. As much as anything, that's his weakness as a candidate.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote > > I'm not ready to call him a Nazi sympathizer yet. Those statements he > made were curiously evasive and politically tone deaf. I mean, he > could have come out and say, "Yes, I like to get into the mind of the > enemy. They were some of the most brutal soldiers out there and were > involved in some of the most horrific parts of a horrific war. That > should be remembered and understood." Then I would have been right > there with him. But waffling around and saying that we can't judge > them? Not conclusive but not very reassuring either. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329042 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
