A very long shot - No1MkIII S#16229

[Edward Horton]

I have no wish to hijack this posting but I want to be very clear to everyone.

The Waffen SS were elite German troops and they fought out of patriotism and love of country, just as the elite troops of the Allies did. All sides in war are involved in atrocities and the difference is the winner gets to rewrite history.

In the fire bombing of the German city of Dresden it is estimated that the "Allies" killed over 250,000 German civilians in four days of bombing.

"It sickens me when people call the SS "elite troops"..."

The British and American Airmen who flew the bombers over Dresden were elite troops, the "real" difference in the word "elite" was we won the war and the Germans didn't.

In the war I served in we killed over 1 million South Vietnamese civilians defending them against "Communist aggression" and 60,000 Americans lost their lives in a war we lost....................

We also rewrote history and banned the import of Australian designed A1A Enfield Rifles because they "may" have been made in Viet Nam by "capitalist" trying to make money.

Also the "elite" American Air Force C-141 aircraft I worked on could carry 176 coffins at one time stacked 4 across and 4 high on 11 cargo pallets.

In war there are no real winners................and you use a fire hose to clean up the blood on the aircraft floor.