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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: GST who wrote (188157)6/2/2006 8:20:09 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
GST.. I'm not talking Fire-bombing or nuclear weapons.

I'm talking about massacres... cold-blooded killings of innocent civilians and unarmed POWs who undisciplined American soldiers executed during WWII, either out of revenge, or bloodlust...

Here's my post on the subject:

Message 22493763

If these soldiers committed this atrocity, they MUST be punished. But they deserve a fair trial and investigation and explanation of the circumstances. Additionally, the officers in charge and who had knowledge of the act must ALSO be punished.

But just atrocities committed by US soldiers in WWII did not make that an "immoral war", nor impugn the morality of the cause we were fighting for, neither should any criminal actions on the part of US soldiers immediately make this war immoral.

It's nothing to be proud of and one would think that each and every US serviceperson would be aware that such an act would bring shame upon themselves, their nation, and most importantly, their fellow soldiers.. In fact, such acts put their fellow soldiers in even GRAVER risk.

Hawk
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