Originally posted by Deimoss
[I said it's not equal to... I don't say racism was not the part of Nazism. Of course it was. But this racism is not about "I kill all non-white" (like people think in general).
You really need to study your history. German National Socialism was inherently racist. Denial of this fact is ridiculous and foolish to the extreme.
Hitler used racial differences as a part of his propaganda to gain and consolidate power.
Gypsies, Africans, Jews - all were subjected to the horrors of your so-called tolerant Nazism. Let's not even comment about the experiments that people like Mengele took part in.
Also, this thread is not about Vietnam or Hiroshima. It is about an ethnic SS unit operating under a racist regime. If you honestly believe that pointing to the "other side" justifies the atrocities perpetrated by the German Nazis prior to and during WW2, you need to hit the reference books again and fill yourself with a good dose of reality.
A good starting point would be Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. There is no hidden agenda within it's pages. Hitler bluntly writes his thoughts on racial purity and his views of those who don't conform to his Aryan standards.
The whole issue with German national socialism is that it was not pure National Socialism. It was tweaked and perverted to suit the Hitler regime's purposes - rather as communism in the Soviet Union was not really Communism. Units such as the Arab SS were tolerated and encouraged because they helped the German war effort - no other reason. If Germany had won the war, the units would have been used to police countries in the Middle East and Africa or would have been disbanded. The members of the Arab SS would never have been considered racially equivalent to any German or would have been held in high regard by the German authorities. Merely they were distasteful but useful pawns that could be used as desired.
Inhumanity may be relative. But the vast majority of those of those writing on this forum are aware that the scale of Nazi Germany's inhumane actions dwarf anything else in comparison. I would also suggest that you research properly regarding your comment on the state of the German people. You also got that completely wrong. Have you never heard of the Gestapo or SA either?
