On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
He definitely was doing an analysis of the soldiers in the unit for part of it. When they talk about them being "collaborators" he says that he doesn't agree with that, that they were fighting a bigger evil which, in context, is obviously the Soviet Union. I think that it is a disingenuous move though since the Nazi SS weren't so much foot soliders serving to hold the eastern front as they were a high-level, political, police force charged with doing the Reich's dirtiest work. If you were Latvian and saw yourself as having to make a choice between Hitler or Stalin, I could certainly see choosing Hitler. A damned if you do, damned if you don't sort of choice about who is going to rule your homeland. Joining the Wiking division of the SS though? That's a bit different and I think it is disingenuous for him to suggest otherwise. And, really, when it comes down to it and you have to waffle and say "I don't think we can judge them", well, he may not be a nazi sympathizer but he doesn't seem to have much moral grounding. Juda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:329045 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
