War is hell and anyone who believes there are "rules" is sadly naive. An example. We claim to adhere to the geneva convention. Accordingly we executed german ss who killed US prisoners. My uncle was with Patton on his mad dash to the rhine. They were going hell-bent-for-broke and had no way. to accomodate prisoners. They encountered germ…
War is hell and anyone who believes there are "rules" is sadly naive. An example. We claim to adhere to the geneva convention. Accordingly we executed german ss who killed US prisoners. My uncle was with Patton on his mad dash to the rhine. They were going hell-bent-for-broke and had no way. to accomodate prisoners. They encountered german home guard composed of kids, old men and soldiers mustered out by injuries. The order from Patton was....no prisoners. My uncle was one who had to give that order. He was a young man but came home with white hair and a weak heart. Repeat what I have said before, the only war crime is losing the damned thing.
The ultimate morality of war is to win it any way you can because the alternative is losing it and that has consequences one does not want to endure, as a nation or as an individual. Which is why all wars should be avoided if possible and here that means keeping dems out of 1600
War is hell and anyone who believes there are "rules" is sadly naive. An example. We claim to adhere to the geneva convention. Accordingly we executed german ss who killed US prisoners. My uncle was with Patton on his mad dash to the rhine. They were going hell-bent-for-broke and had no way. to accomodate prisoners. They encountered german home guard composed of kids, old men and soldiers mustered out by injuries. The order from Patton was....no prisoners. My uncle was one who had to give that order. He was a young man but came home with white hair and a weak heart. Repeat what I have said before, the only war crime is losing the damned thing.
Forgot to add many were also unarmed.
Of course they would have disarmed them, or they disarmed themselves ahead of the fray.
No they had none to begin with.
Perhaps
I heard stories about the Rheinwiesenlager and Eisenhower's war crimes. I didn't know Patton did something similar.
Abandoning moral law is a devil's bargain. Accept atrocities on civilians for whatever excuse and it will come back to haunt everyone.
The ultimate morality of war is to win it any way you can because the alternative is losing it and that has consequences one does not want to endure, as a nation or as an individual. Which is why all wars should be avoided if possible and here that means keeping dems out of 1600
Well stated....well stated. Reality of war.