Replies to post #21474 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[sarals]

They happen to think that you and most of the other people on this board are arrogant, violent and nuts.

ouch... I may be nuts, but... LOL

I think maybe the disconnect here is that sarai was comparing what the germans did AFTER the invasion to what we are doing now... and that the real comparison has to do with the rationale for invading... is that correct? Or do the people you are having beer with see the aftermath as the same also?

[sarai]

CT, I think I might be missing the point of your response?

My post referenced the 6.5 mil Poles slaughtered by Hitler's Nazi regime during WW2. More than half of those Poles slaughtered are considered "forgotten victims" and I find that very sad. As I said, no victim should be "forgotten". Why my post would be offensive to anyone or cause anyone to think I'm "arrogant, violent or nuts", I have no idea.... Maybe you could explain?...

To compare Bush and Americans to Hitler and Nazis is a ridiculous comparison... And that is not a justification of US foreign policy... But as we are very much aware, Hitler had some very demented, evil goals, to say the least... One goal was to exterminate the Jews, and everyone else he didn't like. Adolph Hitler was a genocidal maniac. George Bush is not!

The American military and foreign policy has taken too many lives, but genocide was not the goal. Genocide was Hitler's primary objective. The US is out to secure it's "interests" around the world, monetary & strategic - oil being an "interest". Hitler was out to exterminate entire groups of people. George Bush is an aggressor. Nearly 4k people died in his unfounded oil war in Iraq. That's tragic. He destroyed & is occupying Iraq - for oil. One could even argue that Bush is a "war criminal" for his adventures in Iraq, but one could not reasonably argue that Bush's ultimate goal is to exterminate millions of people...

George Bush is out for American domination, no question. Hitler was on a genocidal rampage. There's a big difference, CT.