Campaigns as Axis?

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Originally Posted by H Lecter

I second this. My father was born in 1926 and he lived in Austria under Russian occupation. He told me exactly the same. The Russian army was very strict and raping was punished by death.

Stalin has done terrible things, Hitler has done terrible things and also some contemporary leaders have done terrible things. You cannot compare them to each other and you should not do it. There is no international competition for the worst war crime and no entry in the Guiness book of records.

We are living now and we have to make sure that such things will not be repeated as long as we give our votes. Looking at what is happening right now during this economic crisis, however, I am not sure we really learned a lot from these bad times. All across Europe there are right wing parties that show a lot of potential for future crimes against humanity if they just get enough power...

No offense to any of the russian guys on this board.

But just because there was law against raping civilians in the red army , does not mean it didnt happen on a massive scale.

As an american i know we have a dark history too , most notoriously fire bombing at the end of world war 2 , internment camps for japanese americans , and the rape and murder that occured during vietnam.

Just because a nation is against such actions does not mean they dont happen.

I mean this stuff is still happening in iraq , its part of war.

to deny it is silly