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Originally posted by muse7
Or at least have agreed to a cease fire?
I think the world right now would be a better place if Nazi Germany had not lost world war 2, the balance of power would be better than it is now. Israel would most likely not exist right now if Germany had not lost.
I think the holocaust and persecution of Jews and others would have eventually come to an end, due to an agreement between the allies & Germany, Israel wouldn't exist right now so the middle east would be more peaceful, also Germany would most likely have a heavy military presence in the Middle east along with economic influence, which would lead to less violence and Muslim extremism. .
I think as time passed by, the idea of a "master race" would erode away, and the persecution of Jews, gypsies & gays along with others would stop due to growing pressure by the US, Russia and UK. I think Nazi Germany would be the most powerful nation on Earth right now, if not then at least on pair with the United States which would lead to a more balanced world.
This is not a thread to endorse Nazism or Hitler or anything like that, but with all the news recently about Israel pushing for war with Iran & growing middle east tension, I think that if Germany had won the wart then nothing like this would be happening now, I don't even think the Iraq war would be happening now due to German's presence in the Middle East.
Your thoughts?
Originally posted by steaming
The bit that I will never understand is Did Germany lose WW11????
Look how Germany stands today, it faces no heavy Financial problem, owns most of the original UK Industries, including our water supply. Its us who lost, we are still paying for WW2 - take a glance at the present Finacial status of this the said Western World.
Originally posted by Freeborn
Really.
Please show me the concentration camps that the USA has and the millions they have murdered in them.
And it maybe a pretty crap version of 'democracy' practised in the USA but it's a damn sight better than the option granted to the German people by Hitler.
There's plenty more examples I could mention but that really should suffice.
Hell, the USA isn't perfect and indeed has many faults but likening it to Nazi Germany is highly inaccurate and groslly unfair.
Comparing the two is nonsense. As I said in my previous post; I agree that the USA has a pretty poor record and has been responsible for an appallng number of deaths. Their foreign policy has been particularly mis-guided. But likening them to the hate driven Nazi administration is highly inaccurate.
The Nazi's deliberately targetted certain races and groups, placed people from these races or groups in numerous camps, stripped these individuals of any rights and all their possessions, set them to hard labour, tortured them, experimented on them and eventually systematically set about eradicating them from existence. Simply because they were from a particular group or race. Give me one, proven, example of the USA doing anything like that.
Originally posted by Panic2k11
reply to post by Freeborn
Comparing the two is nonsense. As I said in my previous post; I agree that the USA has a pretty poor record and has been responsible for an appallng number of deaths. Their foreign policy has been particularly mis-guided. But likening them to the hate driven Nazi administration is highly inaccurate.
It is not an easy comparison since the realities of the evens aren't directly comparable. But the results, the bottom line is...
I agree that there can't be a ranking that one could point and say that one is worst than the other but the opportunities history has granted the USA to make an enduring difference makes it also responsible for the failing to make the right choices, of course we are looking into it in retrospective and in retrospective the WW2 and fascism had a better reason for happening than the planed and long term effects of the USA actions, we can even blame the situation of the USSR today to those actions.
In retrospective had the USA intervened in the Spanish Civil War, WW2 wouldn't have happened. So even if the USA was not a superpower at the time it had a major role in the league of nations, even France was inclined to help. In reality I do not blame it all on the USA, dealing with the UK influence at the beginning helped to mold the mentality, much like Israel was molded by what happened in WW2, if you know and like history, dig around and see that like the saying goes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, you will find lots of correlations.
The Nazi's deliberately targetted certain races and groups, placed people from these races or groups in numerous camps, stripped these individuals of any rights and all their possessions, set them to hard labour, tortured them, experimented on them and eventually systematically set about eradicating them from existence. Simply because they were from a particular group or race. Give me one, proven, example of the USA doing anything like that.
You are kidding right?
Ok lets start by the how the USA f# the Native Americans every chance it had, to the point of not even honoring treaties.
Then lets look on China and why they hate America and the UK (more than the other nations that exploited their weakest moments in history).
Then lets look to the African slave (if you are American I need not say more), heck they even created a breading program.
Do you know how the USA got Texas ?
Then to the bloodiest Civil War in history (do you have any idea on how they treated POWs then, even the in medieval ages in Europe they mostly treated prisoners better).
WW1 was bad for everyone I don't really see any special moral failure there, but WW2 was avoidable and could have ended a lot sooner. Japan was a problem but they attacked the USA because of a economic embargo so again things could have been handled better. Interestingly enough the USA even put its own citizens in concentration camps. Most of the rest I have already posted.
We could also look on how the USA army acted on the outcome of the atomic attack in Japan, when it got boots there, there are good documentaries about that...
Then we can look as the USSR and Stalin, look in your history books on how American aid affected the situation there, lots of soviets died of hunger for Stalin to export the food to the USA and the military aid permitted not only to fight Germany but to take control of a huge part of Europe and entrenched Stalin in power.
I could go on and on, from the situation with Cuba to the Civil War of Angola, going to South America and Chile, even some atomic tests were amoral to the local inhabitants, etc, etc...
But I will end it in this way, do you remember Guantanamo ? Do you know the number and living situation of the USA domestic prisoners ? Do you know what race is predominant in the USA prison system ? Death penalty ? Have you seen the images from the Iraq prisons ? Do you know how the USA treats and exploits immigrants (especially the brown ones) ? Do you understand how your military industrial complex exports death in mass (just look at Israel) ? Do you understand that if Israel uses an atomic weapon the USA is to blame ? (The same can be said for the Russians about Iran to some degree)
But the list is endless with power comes responsibility, I can even blame the USA for the failing of the Kyoto agreement...
I'm sorry if you are an American, since you have to live there and share part of the responsibility, somethings are hard to realize. I count myself lucky by my own country not being such a historic klutz even if today politically governance wise we are almost on the same boat, again mostly due to the USA/UK and how they influence the world culturally and politically.
edit on 5-11-2011 by Panic2k11 because: (no reason given)edit on 5-11-201 extra DIV
Originally posted by Panic2k11
reply to post by Freeborn
Comparing the two is nonsense. As I said in my previous post; I agree that the USA has a pretty poor record and has been responsible for an appallng number of deaths. Their foreign policy has been particularly mis-guided. But likening them to the hate driven Nazi administration is highly inaccurate.
It is not an easy comparison since the realities of the evens aren't directly comparable. But the results, the bottom line is...
I agree that there can't be a ranking that one could point and say that one is worst than the other but the opportunities history has granted the USA to make an enduring difference makes it also responsible for the failing to make the right choices, of course we are looking into it in retrospective and in retrospective the WW2 and fascism had a better reason for happening than the planed and long term effects of the USA actions, we can even blame the situation of the USSR today to those actions.
In retrospective had the USA intervened in the Spanish Civil War, WW2 wouldn't have happened. So even if the USA was not a superpower at the time it had a major role in the league of nations, even France was inclined to help. In reality I do not blame it all on the USA, dealing with the UK influence at the beginning helped to mold the mentality, much like Israel was molded by what happened in WW2, if you know and like history, dig around and see that like the saying goes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, you will find lots of correlations.
The Nazi's deliberately targetted certain races and groups, placed people from these races or groups in numerous camps, stripped these individuals of any rights and all their possessions, set them to hard labour, tortured them, experimented on them and eventually systematically set about eradicating them from existence. Simply because they were from a particular group or race. Give me one, proven, example of the USA doing anything like that.
You are kidding right?
Ok lets start by the how the USA f# the Native Americans every chance it had, to the point of not even honoring treaties.
Then lets look on China and why they hate America and the UK (more than the other nations that exploited their weakest moments in history).
Then lets look to the African slave (if you are American I need not say more), heck they even created a breading program.
Do you know how the USA got Texas ?
Then to the bloodiest Civil War in history (do you have any idea on how they treated POWs then, even the in medieval ages in Europe they mostly treated prisoners better).
WW1 was bad for everyone I don't really see any special moral failure there, but WW2 was avoidable and could have ended a lot sooner. Japan was a problem but they attacked the USA because of a economic embargo so again things could have been handled better. Interestingly enough the USA even put its own citizens in concentration camps. Most of the rest I have already posted.
We could also look on how the USA army acted on the outcome of the atomic attack in Japan, when it got boots there, there are good documentaries about that...
Then we can look as the USSR and Stalin, look in your history books on how American aid affected the situation there, lots of soviets died of hunger for Stalin to export the food to the USA and the military aid permitted not only to fight Germany but to take control of a huge part of Europe and entrenched Stalin in power.
I could go on and on, from the situation with Cuba to the Civil War of Angola, going to South America and Chile, even some atomic tests were amoral to the local inhabitants, etc, etc...
But I will end it in this way, do you remember Guantanamo ? Do you know the number and living situation of the USA domestic prisoners ? Do you know what race is predominant in the USA prison system ? Death penalty ? Have you seen the images from the Iraq prisons ? Do you know how the USA treats and exploits immigrants (especially the brown ones) ? Do you understand how your military industrial complex exports death in mass (just look at Israel) ? Do you understand that if Israel uses an atomic weapon the USA is to blame ? (The same can be said for the Russians about Iran to some degree)
But the list is endless with power comes responsibility, I can even blame the USA for the failing of the Kyoto agreement...
I'm sorry if you are an American, since you have to live there and share part of the responsibility, somethings are hard to realize. I count myself lucky by my own country not being such a historic klutz even if today politically governance wise we are almost on the same boat, again mostly due to the USA/UK and how they influence the world culturally and politically.
edit on 5-11-2011 by Panic2k11 because: (no reason given)edit on 5-11-201 extra DIV
Originally posted by muse7
Or at least have agreed to a cease fire?
I think the world right now would be a better place if Nazi Germany had not lost world war 2, the balance of power would be better than it is now. Israel would most likely not exist right now if Germany had not lost.
I think the holocaust and persecution of Jews and others would have eventually come to an end, due to an agreement between the allies & Germany, Israel wouldn't exist right now so the middle east would be more peaceful, also Germany would most likely have a heavy military presence in the Middle east along with economic influence, which would lead to less violence and Muslim extremism. .
I think as time passed by, the idea of a "master race" would erode away, and the persecution of Jews, gypsies & gays along with others would stop due to growing pressure by the US, Russia and UK. I think Nazi Germany would be the most powerful nation on Earth right now, if not then at least on pair with the United States which would lead to a more balanced world.
This is not a thread to endorse Nazism or Hitler or anything like that, but with all the news recently about Israel pushing for war with Iran & growing middle east tension, I think that if Germany had won the wart then nothing like this would be happening now, I don't even think the Iraq war would be happening now due to German's presence in the Middle East.
Originally posted by St Udio
i would think that the strict NAZI ideology...over time ... would have mellowed and grown toward democracy and predatory capitalism