Dana said: And that's about it. So if the trail of tears wasn't intended to kill of tons of Indians then it's not evil. The sticky situation lies in that there was knowledge that some of the native Americans might die if they were forced from their land but all or a much greater number would likely ...

I have two names for you for historical context; Stalin and Mao. Even if somehow he DID win (which I think was unlikely, but that's another matter) he still would not have gone down as a good or great man in most of the history books, no matter who wrote them. I would love to see one of the History...

CTX I'm not trying to take sides here, If thats what it seems that's not my point. Thats why I started my last posting saying people have been killing each other since we've exsited. All I'm saying is that Evil seems to be defined by the winner. WE all agree that genocide is evil and that Hitler was...

Med Tech, I understand that no culture is innocent and no people are innocent. Through out history mankind has been at war with one another I’m not arguing that. My comments are not about condemning or justifying what was done here in the US or what was done in Germany. My comments are to question w...

“Now, if you can argue that Jackson intended to move the Native Americans with the goal to up-end them, destroy their culture, and eliminate them by attrition, then you could say he was evil” I would be willing to say that was exactly the goal. The goal was to up end the Native American and assimil...

I agree Hitler was evil. But is evil sometimes defined by the victors? If Hitler won would he still go down in the History books as evil? Under the same token wouldn't Andrew Jackson be defined as evil for enforcing the Indian removal act of 1830? Or any American President involved in the removal/sl...

The missing explosives definitely don’t help Bush. In some peoples mind it just solidifies the accusation of Bush paying more attention to protecting the oil pipelines and the oil ministry then securing military targets. Whether that’s true or not doesn’t matter it's how it's perceived. And at this ...

Not sure if anyone has seen this but whether you're a Republican, Democrat or something in the middle it is funny non-the-less.

Watch the video at:

http://whitehousewest.com/

Mainly I don't think that going full bore in Iraq is going to reduce our abilty to handle things elsewhere. We were fighting an all out war, on multiple fronts, in multiple countries during WW2. So we know for a fact that it can be done--the question is are we going to do it? Remember there was a d...

Bill, Don't think you can just buy me off with compliments. I'm still pissed off. Actually I'm just kidding. I will never take anyone’s opinion about politics or religion as a personal attack. Since most of what we discuss here are ultimately opinions. You get "facts" from the Bush side an...

Bill I’m glad you read the letters. In your previous post it left me with an impression that you did not. So I will apologize for the gall comment And thank you for letting me know that war is hell and that people actually die in war I never knew that before, quite an eye opener. Ok enough of the sa...

Find a better source for your letters and I will read them. Otherwise you might as well make stuff up yourself - just like Michael does. It amazes me you actually have the gull to comment on something you didn't even bother to read. But that’s your prerogative. I'll take your comments with a grain ...

You don't have to like where the letters come from. But the perspective it revels is non-the less important.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1005-22.htm


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First, not all that was mentioned were "war crimes." Last time I checked, people killed each other in wars. This isn't done humanely as in a lethal injection for a man on death row. This involves killing via bombs, mortars, grenades, mines, automatic weapons, and even hand-to-hand combat ...

I apologize for not getting back sooner I was away last week for a training course, so my comments my not make sense unless you go back to page 1 of this discussion. “Hmm... "Hyperbole" would be kind. Perjury more like it.” How do you know this was an exaggeration? I honestly don’t know. D...