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Entry: Jonah Goldberg Takes on Ron Paul Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/jonah_goldberg_takes_on_ron_paul#11659 Post contents: Per John Ball: "Germany was full of true believers in Nazism until the very end, many of whom committed suicide in 1945." Justin may need to clarify his remarks. However John Ball, Germany was not "full" of true believers in Nazism. There was a core of die-hard Nazis, mostly at the top positions in the Third Reich. Typically most of these were boot lickers hungry for power who had no problem saluting "Heil Hitler". The majority of Germans did not vote for Chancellor Hitler when he started his rise to power in the twenties and early thirties, or anytime after. Those bureaucrats and business leaders who joined the party did so because it allowed them to keep their positions and have some level of influence (much like the Baathist members at all levels of the Saddam Hussein government, or Republicans in the Bush administration). There are many who attempt to hold all Germans of all ages during the Third Reich responsible for Nazi crimes. Here's a reminder: Josef Stalin and his murderous regime were responsible for at least three times as many war crimes and murders as the Nazis ever were; but somehow in the post-WWII political atmosphere, only Germans are considered guilty of these monstrosities. The hypocrites FDR and Churchill meanwhile stayed chummy with Stalin during his on-going genocide against Germans, Ukrainians, and others. Sent at: 2008 07 24