Your analogy can’t have it both ways. Either the allies saved Germany from itself, implying there was a good portion saved from the fascist portion, OR the Nazi party was the fault of all Germans, those who voted for it, those who enable it, etc., and blaming any portion on Nazis/Hitler is like blaming a toddler. So which is it?
I’m 86% convinced you’re a divisiveness bot at this point. Prove me wrong.
I think you’re missing the forest for the trees. The criticism being made is that no matter which way you look at it, crimes have been committed:
The Pentagon knows this. They are now trying to shift all the blame onto a specific Admiral, trying to make it look like he acted of his own accord, trying to retain plausible deniability. This article in particular is attempting to shift it back, to show that the official messaging from the Pentagon has always been encouraging war crimes, and that even if we take everything this administration has said at face value, they’re still culpable by their own standards.
So to be clear, you’re suggesting the reason for allied forces joining WW2 was to save Germany from itself?
I’m not disagreeing that Trump will pardon everyone involved, I’m not disagreeing that no other country cares if the US comes out the other end, I’m just saying, these regimes have a history of not sticking around long term. So I’m disagreeing with the statement that “nothing will happen”. Shit is happening and will continue to happen until their reign of terror is brought to an end, just like WW2.
Fair enough lol, can’t argue with that.
where we didn’t have to assume every single god-damned connection was a hostile entity
But you always did, it was always being abused, regularly. That’s WHY we now use secure connections.
I think I’m just not picking up whether you’re actually trying to pitch a technical solution, or just wishing for a perfect world without crime.
You know that Germany still exists, though, right? Something will happen…
Well, it’s never been about security, it’s about surveillance. But it is reasonable to assume that REAL ID is their most efficient way to track travelers, and if you make them use their less efficient methods of tracking, they’ll offset the difference by charging you directly.
Aaaaaand they’re pardoned.