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Originally Posted by shegeek72
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Originally Posted by enaceo
I'm sure the germans would've done the same if they were the winners if they did not have an order from Donitz no to do so.
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Of course. Most humans are basically good people. It's politicians who start wars, not the military. 
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Actuallt it's usually the military that STARTS the war. Pliticians don't have the power to start wars without a military to do so. Bush ain't nosoldier, nor is Cheney but they managed to push one forward. It is the military element of a country which leads to the policy of war. For the US the military industrial complex requires war to be profitable and even to remain in existance. So it is both politicians and the military who do it but the military is often the empowering force which lets politicians run away with their power.
The soldiers themselves aren't bad but the leadership of career soldiers who have lost all perspective because they see the world only through the eyes of a soldier.
Usually it is when the separation of powers becomes blurred that we see war. Executive power isn't held accountable by the judiciary or the Legislative. Look to the US and how Bush says he can do anything and claims right beyond the consitution and you see what I mean.
But the decency of men is always present in war no matter how much the state cultivates national hatred.