I frequently get comments from lefties who accuse the United States of the same evil we are sacrificing so much to overcome throughout the world. Here's a thought:
The ovens of Dachau... They weren't baking bread here.
photo by Michael Miller, 1984
The true nature of evil: The electrified fence at Dachau, the first of the German death camps opened in 1933 (history of Dachau here). Millions died in this and similar places throughout Europe. The bodies of those murdered, tortured and starved piled up quicker than any means available to dispose of them.
I visited this tragic place in 1984. The sense of evil and horror was still palpable. History has shown that the nightmare of the holocaust could have been prevented early on with minimal loss of life through a determined policy of strength and resolve by the Europeans.
Yet even today, many on the left have so twisted the understanding of language and political discussion that they are unable to comprehend the true nature of such evil. We continue to witness this sad phenomenon today with opponents of our liberation of Iraq and Afghanistan. To them, evil is U.S. policy and actions which stand in opposition to such horror. Somehow to them, the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men, women and children executed during the rule of Saddam Hussein and found buried in mass graves are there due to imperialistic ambitions of the United States.
Taking it one step further: In the minds of many leftists, U.S. detention of the homicidal killers and thugs that have perpetrated crimes against humanity (one of the left's favorite phrases) is somehow morally equated with the genocide of the Nazis or the deliberate and indiscriminate campaign of mass murder by Islamo-fascists.
History teaches us many lessons and tragically some refuse to see things as they really are. How many millions more will die as a result of this calumny?
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