[ExI] Upon pondering your freedoms: _The Soviet Story_ documentary

[Stathis Papaioannou]

2008/7/5 Amara Graps <amara at amara.com>:

> So
> why is it that out of World War II, the only war crimes that were put on
> trial were committed by the Germans? Why was/is it a European policy
> that a WWII crime _must_ have been committed by a German? Many of those
> Soviets responsible for the mass exterminations are still alive,
> protected by Putin today.

Because the victors rarely put themselves on trial. If they admit that
bad things were done by their side, they justify it on the grounds of
provocation by the enemy, who in contrast only do bad things because
they are evil.



-- 
Stathis Papaioannou