not to beat a dead horse

[rich]

he's grouping all "patriotic soldiers" doing their duty in modern war
that, to me, is a rather weak argument, and shrugs off many acts of
wanton murder, outside the bounds of modern warfare, the
einsatzgruppen being a good example of such.

unless he wants to connect VB to war criminals which I don't think he wants to

rich

On Jan 30, 2008 10:02 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> What does the einsatzgruppen have to do with your quote from Dyson?
> Dyson sentence is clear and makes no mention of einsatzgruppen.
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2008 8:51 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > this is the line that gets me:
> >
> > 'In my view, von Braun was morally no better and no worse than other patriotic soldiers who take part in the atrocious killings that are inherent in modern war.'
> >
> > the einsatzgruppen thought they were patriotic and doing such things for the greater good of Germany.
> >
> > i wouldn't equate those scumbags on the whole with the avg GI or Tommy
>