QCNR said:i thought someone would post a comment like this...Does that attitude justify the attrocities??? not in my opinion. Although you are correct and Norwegians generally are thankfull to the british, I have even helped with visits for Britis veterans to come back to Norway, and the Norwegians HAVE done the same for GERMAN veterans. (Blucher that was sunk in Oslo fjord)
Putting this logic to use in the present then the Iraqi insurgents are justified or why doesnt the US just napalm fallujah??????
Justified atrocities? I realize we are from two nations that are separated by a common language ( ) but try rereading my post because I never said that. I did, however, refer to civilian bombing. A tactic, BTW, which was started and actively pursued by your RAF after an accidental civilian bombing raid by the Luftwaffe.
My point was that even though atrocities occur, the Allies brought freedom to vanquished nations and even paid for rebuilding through the Marshall Plan (yes, I realize that it part of a strategy to offset Soviet expansion-it worked and subsequent generations of Western Europe live in peace and freedom rather than under war or Soviet totalitarianism). That does NOT justify atrocities. However, I'm sure you're fully aware that atrocities were not only accepted but were "justified" and even part of the strategic and tactical plans under the Axis powers (Nanking, Buchenwald, Dachau, einsatzgruppen, the Japanese Death March, etc. etc.).
It is certainly refreshing that the Norwegians would show forgiveness for German sailors. However, I don't think they (older Norwegians) would look at the kreigsmarine the same way they might see visiting ex-gestapo.
I do not understand your reference to my post "justifying" the beheadings and terrorist attacks by Muslim insurgents nor is anyone suggesting to "napalm" Fallujah. That's YOUR ridiculous assumption.
We here in the US frequently are reminded of the shame and horror of the My Lai massacre. I have yet to hear the Vietnamese government apologize or even admit to the incredible slaughter/murder/rape that they commited against civilians throughout the Vietnam war. Hell, My Lai is dwarfed by what the North Vietnamese did to civilians in the city of Hue during the Tet Offensive alone. Ask a Marine who was there retaking the city in '68 what he saw. Has anyone been convicted of those war crimes? Why isn't anyone protesting for their conviction? What about after Saigon fell in '75? Do you care?
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