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In reply to the discussion: We're fucked for the foreseeable future... [View all]japple
(9,823 posts)23. That is what the good Germans said, too.
I know this was not happening in the same epic worldwide scale as the Nazi empire before and during WWII, but we are going to suffer a collective guilt for this. It is a stain on our country, and it is up to us to bleach out those dark souls who contaminate the whole--the part that is good. And, they did act in our name. That is part that we should never, ever forget. There were people (Sy Hersh, for one) who spoke the truth, who told us what was happening. We (I) felt powerless to intervene. We (I) didn't know how or what to do to stop it.
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Not to mention many of the Khmer Rouge received light sentences for their atrocities
derby378
Dec 2014
#2
People here forget that Pol Pot was considered the USA's dear and trusted ally!
truedelphi
Dec 2014
#9
With prosecutions we can secure America's future. This is an opportunity for Dems to crush the R's
grahamhgreen
Dec 2014
#6
Why didn't we pardon the Nazis at Nuremberg? Why aren't we pardoning them now?
nichomachus
Dec 2014
#8
I will be 67 next month. I thought the US would have overcome the racism I got beat for protesting.
LiberalArkie
Dec 2014
#15
I sure as hell hope Obama and the rest of the Democrats who have been kid gloving this shit do not
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#22