Hi, Lee Lofaso!
I read your message from 06.08.2017 22:31
RB>> They didn't hang Stalin or even Beria because of Katyn
RB>> either. Although both deserved that. There's a lot of
RB>> injustice in this world that only rarely is sanctioned.
RB>> That's the disadvantage of democracy: we tend to be too
RB>> understanding. The Nurenberg trials were a (fairly) good
RB>> exception, although more of the accused should have been
RB>> hanged.
LL> Most of the accused who were convicted were given light
LL> sentences. That was clearly a political decision, as it may not
LL> have been known how strong a nazi underground might have been.
More of that a Hitler's bosom ally the Japanese emperor hadn't been
given any sentence at all. Despite his implication in Perl-Harbor
attack, for instance. It was a political decision indeed.
Bye, Lee!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2017
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