Obama's moral equivalence
John Hinderaker notes the inevitable and unfortunate juxtaposition of President Obama's upcoming back-to-back visits to Buchenwald and Dresden. One fact that Krauthammer noted was news to me, although it apparently has been reported for a while: on his upcoming trip to Europe, President Obama will visit Buchenwald and travel from there to Dresden. Krauthammer thought the pairing showed unspeakably bad judgment, as everyone in Germany, and most in Europe, will see an implication of parity between the concentration camp and the city that was fire-bombed by the Allies. He said this would occur even if Obama doesn't mention the fire-bombing when he speaks in Dresden.Actually, I believe Obama is going to apologize to the Arabs for the Six-Day War on Thursday as well.
I think that's right. I also think that the chance of Obama speaking in Dresden, even if only to greet local citizens briefly, without mentioning the WWII bombing, is close to zero. On his last visit to Europe, Obama apologized for just about everything in American history, from the Indians on. Apologizing to Germany for World War II is about all he has left. I predict we'll hear it; and I predict that the supposedly close analogy between the concentration camp and the fire-bombed city will emerge as a significant theme of his German visit.
Given Obama's moral equivalence between Israel and Iran, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that he would find a concentration camp's operators and its liberators to be morally equivalent too. No, I don't believe it's an implication - I believe it's intentional.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:06 PM
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For the Left, there is no such thing as good and evil and good guys and bad guys. Every one - the Jews excepted, are the victims. And yes, its intentional given the role moral equivalence and multiculturalism plays in the Leftist worldview.
I'm guessing he's going to apologize to France for saving them from the Nazis too.
While I don't shed too many tears for the Germans, the bombing of Dresden was gratuitous. Hiroshima may have scared the Japs into surrendering without a million Americans lost, but Dresden was to be in the Soviet sphere and didn't help our war effort.
In fact, the ability to bomb a central greman city dispels the bs that FDAR couldn't bomb the lines to the death camps.
While I don't shed too many tears for the Germans, the bombing of Dresden was gratuitous. Hiroshima may have scared the Japs into surrendering without a million Americans lost, but Dresden was to be in the Soviet sphere and didn't help our war effort.
In fact, the ability to bomb a central greman city dispels the bs that FDAR couldn't bomb the lines to the death camps.
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