Most Representative Luftwaffe Pilot?

[John Vasco]

Chris,
I understand all what you say, and respect your right to say it, but doesn't this sound a bit like the troops of our glorious British Empire...?

Originally Posted by ChrisS

the tool of a cruel evil regime intent on the subdugation of the [un]civilised world who thought nothing of the murder of millions of individuals and the enslavement of whole nations.

Oh yeah, you can throw in the slave trade to America for good measure also. I don't believe we (British) can claim any moral high ground given our past.

What you actually talk about in your post is indoctrination on a scale never before seen, particularly of children in their formative years. And don't forget that from the poverty and no hope of the 1920s, a regime came along which, on the surface, appeared to offer a better life. We now know that that was a smokescreen for other things planned, but did the ordinary Joe in the street have any idea of the Nazi party's master plan? I would suggest probably not. And once the regime was in power, ordinary people had no chance of dislodging it. Think about it, it took the combined power of the USA, the Soviet Empire and the British Empire to bring it down.

One might find a recent parallel in the British Government's insistence that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, therefore a legitimate reason to invade that country. 100% lies (and Bush and Blair knew it), and the result was that there are now many families of soldiers mourning here and in the US as a result of the lies perpetrated by Bush and Blair, and countless thousands of Iraqis dead also. Bush & Blair were the biggest threats to world stability in recent times, simply because of the quest for oil, not any higher ideal. If they had higher ideals they would have gone after Mugabe...

One can only speak as one finds, and having met quite a few former Luftwaffe personnel, I found most of them to be ordinary, decent, people (there was the odd prick).

As you say, Chris, sorry about the rant...