What, over the stupid 'Quran' burning thing? So therefore those murders were 'self-inflicted' ?

If we can't be incredibly careful to avoid "Cultural insensitivites", then we ought to stop occupying countries.

He treated POW's really well, but Nazi Germany in general treated Western POW's very well and all Rommel fought was the Western Allies. That's about it, other than that he was about par for the Nazi course. He loved fascism and didn't raise any real qualms with the whole slaughtering and dehumanizing Jews thing until after it became clear the Allies had it in the bag.

 

The only reason people like to claim he was "The Good Nazi" is because he was pretty much a goddamned military genius, and taking the brightest minds in Nazi Germany and making it seem like they never bought into Hitler fuels the NEVER AGAIN script we've all heard way too much.

 

I believe Rommel was part of one of the plots to assassinate Hitler. He was going to face a kangaroo court or be allowed to kill himself. And as far as the regular German military, I believe the majority of them were not of the overall Nazi belief, although that certainly doesn't mean they did anything to stop it. Most did little or nothing to stop it. The true Nazis were usually in the SS or Gestapo.

Edited March 12, 201214 yr by Milkman delivers

If we can't be incredibly careful to avoid "Cultural insensitivites", then we ought to stop occupying countries.

It seems so simple, doesn't it?

we ought to stop occupying countries.

 

that sounds like a great idea

In March of 2014, the United States military suffered 0 combat fatalities.

Here's an Afghanistan cartoon from 2010, good for any decade!