Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
I am real curious to know if there were only 3 million people exterminated by the Germans, if that would make them a better people, than say exterminating 6 million? What about 2 million? What about only million? Does that make them nicer? If they killed less than Stalin, does that make them not as "evil?"
I do suspect that the Jews have exaggerated to a greater or lesser extent, and I do think they have applied whatever number or whatever happened to manipulate the psychology of Americans in their favor.
Have we seen the American Indians get the same type of leverage here that the Jews get out of the Holocaust?
Nope.
Why is that? Is it because Americans did the dirty deed, and don't really want to look at their own soiled past? Is it because we like to demonize others, i.e. the Nazis (or now the Muslims--or the only good Indian is a dead Indian, etc.)
Really, at this point, it doesn't matter. Even if the extermination of Jews didn't happen, so what?
Would that make pro Israel policy wrong?
The majority of people are just stupid, irrational, and do not think logically or in real time. People who understand this, who are in power manipulate the sheeple to play upon fear, guilt, etc. for the sake of control. They buy whatever is being sold to them, just like they bought into Saddam and WMD.
No doubt some people hate Jews. No doubt some Jews hate Muslims. No doubt some Muslims hate Americans.
The operative word is hate...
What I observe is the typical action reaction. Those who don't believe in the Holocaust as described, put up their argument. The Holocaust defenders are reactive, which keeps the cycle of hatred alive.
My guess? The Nazis were an extremely nationalistic group, based on what Hitler wrote and what has been recorded. The Nazis utilized a convenient scape goat as a method to get the German people to rally together against a common enemy, the same way Americans and nearly every other culture has done in the past.
Do I know how many were Jews were killed?
Nope. Does it matter what I believe? Nope. Does it matter what politicians and leaders do today...here in America, in Israel, in Saudi Arabia, in Iran?
Yep, you bet.
What I observe, which is common here at ET, is fanatical hate on one side, and fanatical hate on the other side...rationalized of course by both sides.
Fanaticism is the real enemy, and the enemy is alive and well...