tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post3462289352577997336..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Provocateurs and their memeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-84428305630971160782010-09-10T14:00:10.524+02:002010-09-10T14:00:10.524+02:00They had a huge pile of minorities-related issues ...They had a huge pile of minorities-related issues up to the scale of what would nowadays be called genocide; Jews, Germans, Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Bjelorussians and to lesser extent Czechs.<br />The territories which were eventually lost to the Soviet Union were mostly not really "Polish", but belonged to Ukrainians, Belorussians and Lithuanians.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poland1937linguistic.jpg<br /><br />Poland was aggressive towards several neighbours, including Lithuania, Czechoslovakia and of lesser relevance also Germany (see border region plebiscite history) and the very early Soviet Union.<br /><br />It might also be added that from the lowest to the highest levels, many Poles exhibited a very belligerent and optimistic attitude even up to the first days of the war ('three weeks till we are in Berlin'). A comparable attitude is commonly exploited for the accusation of Germany in 1914, so it should work on Poland as well.<br /><br />Finally, it was a military dictatorship for most of the inter-war years.<br /><br /><br />Hitler wanted the war with Poland, but Poland wasn't even close to being an innocent victim either. It had its pile of inter-war years sins.<br /><br />Btw, I am not a representative "German military man". My interest in history is unusual and I've left active service years ago.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-91562927944042708202010-09-10T13:23:06.812+02:002010-09-10T13:23:06.812+02:00It would be interesting (as in to get away from th...It would be interesting (as in to get away from the Poland-as-first-strike theory) to list Poland's sins, as you see them. At least I would (please, divorced from the first-strike). <br /><br />I know what I consider to be what they did wrong, I'm just wondering how much a German military man knows about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-53982711799735356342010-09-10T13:02:54.812+02:002010-09-10T13:02:54.812+02:00Then lets hope that people recognize the differenc...Then lets hope that people recognize the difference between the bad guy and a honest critic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-22889876307298952602010-09-10T11:45:09.464+02:002010-09-10T11:45:09.464+02:00Well, if the sanction is that (s)he will be ignore...Well, if the sanction is that (s)he will be ignored ...?S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-90409057477147508382010-09-10T11:33:57.302+02:002010-09-10T11:33:57.302+02:00Why should a political culture based on rational d...Why should a political culture based on rational discussion and decision making sanction such people? Anticipating it is really rational and well accepted by most of its recipients provocateurs would be of no signifacance and therefore could easily be ignored - if they would get any attention at all...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com