Yeah sure. So we’ll just pretend that former Nazy general didn’t write the history of the eastern front. In glorious self aggrandizing details that suspiciously put all the blame for the atrocities on SS and any mistake on Hitler.
The best propaganda is to show the enemy as powerful and brave but misguided. That way your own victory seems more impressive.
The Union when the Confederate states try to change the reason for the war.
This is not easy to think about, but, just because it wasn’t your cause doen’t mean there were not heroes. Bravery is not measure in the success of the cause, this is a diffifcult distinction.
Yep I like to remind people in most wars the average soldier is conscripted. With the penalty for leaving it running being death.
At what point do we expect the individual to forfeit their life for their morals? There’s no straightforward answer to this, but it does murky the waters around good or bad in any given conflict. I wouldn’t use this absolve all crimes either, if just makes it difficult
at what point do we expect the individual to forfeit their life for their morals?
The amount of “why aren’t Americans just going out, buying guns, and shooting suspected ICE agents” has me think too many aren’t thinking through this question rationally, unfortunately
HANDS UP! WHO WANTS THE WHOLE WORLD TO BE BLACK AND WHITE CHOICES AND SOLUTIONS! btw Fuck anyone who raised their hands.
