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Re: Most Germans Feel no Responsibility for Israel
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Originally Posted by anobsitar
Depends what you understand if you are using the word "guilty" - if you mean 'to feel ones own responsibility in the eyes of god' than it's absolutely no problem. There are a lot of open questions and for sure the history of the years 1933-1945 is not finished today.
But how do you feel about Vietnam for example? Take a look at this pictures ('Die Opfer von "Agent Orange"' means "The vcitims of Agent Orange")
Dioxin-Opfer: Das giftige Erbe des Vietnamkrieges - Wissenschaft - stern.de
(Here's another page with some english comments: Fotos of American Vietnam War -- Fotos des amerikanischen Vietnamkriegs )
In Vietnam war 2.000.000 Vietnamese people were killed from american soldiers. 3.000.000 Vietnamese are suffering today. |
Sorry, but I haven't the slightest pangs of guilt for actions that I took no part in.
PS- The Vietnamese people are suffering because we left before the job was done - but that is best discussed in another thread... 
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