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3. To be honest...the thought of Hitler on trial at Nuremburg chills me...

Thu May 18, 2017, 10:55 AM

May 2017

...if he was alive, somehow, some way, he would have turned the trial to his advantage. He would have outfoxed the Allies, even if he had been executed along with the others. His survival, and trial, all by itself would have changed the postwar history of Germany, very much for the worse. Much better if the Soviets *had* just shot him. Stalin, whatever else you can say about him, would have understood this simple fact: don't let Hitler open his mouth...

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Posted without comment [View all] DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 OP

this guy WAS a politician.... steve2470 May 2017 #1

To be honest...the thought of Hitler on trial at Nuremburg chills me... First Speaker May 2017 #3

Hm, never thought of it that way steve2470 May 2017 #4

not a lot were prosecuted all that much... Locrian May 2017 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author ymetca May 2017 #9

Very poignant hamsterjill May 2017 #2

Again, it is always all about himself..... Kleveland May 2017 #5

He was speaking to graduates of the Coast Guard Academy gratuitous May 2017 #12

K&R and Tweeted yuiyoshida May 2017 #6

K & R LAS14 May 2017 #7

But, but Butterflylady May 2017 #10

Don't worry, trump is confused also. Doreen May 2017 #27

Self entitled whiny crybaby special snowflake POS birther russian spy Trump workinclasszero May 2017 #11

Seconded. n/t BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #14

Worse than JFK? SHRED May 2017 #13

One can only hope. Amimnoch May 2017 #15

Great meme Gothmog May 2017 #16

... LiberalLovinLug May 2017 #17

Great pic. Dark n Stormy Knight May 2017 #28

Worse than this guy? NewJeffCT May 2017 #18

That was the picture that came to my mind. He saw two of his die for their country and then was grantcart May 2017 #31

Worse than this guy? NewJeffCT May 2017 #19

This is an especially great example that, by comparison, highlights Dark n Stormy Knight May 2017 #30

he also lost his mother and wife on the same day grantcart May 2017 #32

K&R... spanone May 2017 #20

Worse than this guy? NewJeffCT May 2017 #21

worse than this guy ? steve2470 May 2017 #22

Boom ismnotwasm May 2017 #23

worse than this guy ? steve2470 May 2017 #24

I could be wrong, but to be fair, I think he added "by the media". whathehell May 2017 #25

Even then it makes no sense jmowreader May 2017 #29

No, of course not.. whathehell May 2017 #33

He started off talking about the media NewJeffCT May 2017 #34

I'd have no problem believing that.. whathehell May 2017 #35

Hey Little Hands Donnie....go fuck yourself. Moostache May 2017 #26