For a guy who only wants to look ahead--and so it's not going to prosecute or even investigate George W & Co.,--he's certainly taking a trip down memory lane.
I think "Why Dresden?" is a perfectly legitimate question here. We pretty much bombed everything in Germany.
Well, bombing Dresden was just another instance of 'total war,' which Sherman is often credited with having created. In the good old days civilians were, at least putatively, off limits; after Sherman, everyone was fair game. We should be apologizing for that.
When I first read this, I too thought maybe it was time to shut down the apology machine.
However, and again, we've done some very fucked up things and you know what? we need to apologize for them. Period. (Native Americans I'm looking at you).
Hopefully he'll go to Latin America and South America next and apologize for all the governments the US help overthrow but allowing the cartels to stay and run willy-nilly all over the place.
When I was doing manuscript research, it was always such a downer to see that source x had been held in this or that Dresden library but was forever lost when the building was destroyed by the fire-bombing.
I don't think Obama is the first American to admit bombing Dresden was total bullshit. It was just a giant fuck you to the Germans. We didn't need to do it to win that war.
@pinkthing: I've spent a lot of time in Germany and really like it there, but if there were ever a nation on Earth that deserved a giant "fuck you" it is Germany.
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Not bad, Hillary! I'd like to see Sarah Palin try that!
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I think "Why Dresden?" is a perfectly legitimate question here. We pretty much bombed everything in Germany.
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Some would argue that we should be thanking them for that :/
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However, and again, we've done some very fucked up things and you know what? we need to apologize for them. Period. (Native Americans I'm looking at you).
Hopefully he'll go to Latin America and South America next and apologize for all the governments the US help overthrow but allowing the cartels to stay and run willy-nilly all over the place.
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