Posted by Ugg at IL on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 10:51AM :
In Reply to: Wait until December 8th posted by Paul Cook in Kempner, Texas on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 9:24AM :
Hi Paul:
Neat poster. My uncle, who I was named after, was shot down and killed on that side of the war. He flew a DC 3 Gooney Bird. It always amazes me how forgetful we as a nation are. People who hate us and swore to destroy us are now taking our money hand over foot with no let up in sight, and we gratefully give it to them.
I too hope your information is correct, but I have my suspicions. It is no secret how I feel about the Daimler family. They were among the 1st of the German industrial familys to swear loyalty to uncle Adolph, and to my knowledge, never changed those views or apologized for them. Yet after the war, we put them back in power.
There is much to be said about how our government can be compared to those pre war & war times of the German government. After all, we DID take and use former (?) Nazi's in science and security positions.
Now, as most of the people that fought against them are dying off, they seem to be coming out of the woodwork (still in disguise) saying absurd things like the holocaust never happened or that the Nazi's really knew how to run things properly.
The Japanese were no better, and IMHO, most of the real bad creeps got away with major murder. They actually put the Germans to shame, probably murdering twice as many as the Nazi's. (You forgot to mention Toyota.) Brand names now, but they came from familys that were in charge of the Japanese government.
Again, my Dad was very graphic with his details (I was 7 when he 1st told me) about the 3 death camps he saw in Germany and told me NEVER to forget that there are pure EVIL people in this world, and we have to keep a vigilant watch so they can not regain power. I'm afraid we dropped the ball and invited them into our homes. For the sake of my kids, I hope I'm wrong.
Later
Ugg
PS: I'd love to watch and or help ya on the 8th. ;>)