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As Valerie Plame said, getting to global zero won't be easy. nt bananas Apr 2012 #1
German author? JerseyMac Apr 2012 #2
Life long Nazi. n/t Old Union Guy Apr 2012 #3
That's not true. tabasco Apr 2012 #6
yes Günter Glass did serve in an SS Panzer unit in 1944 when he was 17 didn't he? azurnoir Apr 2012 #8
Shame on you. JackRiddler Apr 2012 #10
So are all IDF members lifelong Irgun terrorists by your asinine and simple logic? Robeysays Apr 2012 #12
If someone was in Irgun and seems to advocate for Irgun positions decades later. Kurska Apr 2012 #25
Grass isn't advocating for a Nazi position. Ken Burch Apr 2012 #34
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That's twice you've made that accusation about me Ken Burch Apr 2012 #78
Bullshit Ken Burch Apr 2012 #23
Thank you for the truth, Ken Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #24
Doesnt matter. In the end its their country and they can say who can enter it and who cant just like cstanleytech Apr 2012 #52
Ok. Ken Burch Apr 2012 #57
He was a Nazi. You can argue he isn't one anymore. Kurska Apr 2012 #58
The poem wasn't antisemitic Ken Burch Apr 2012 #65
I dont know if he is or if he isnt and frankly I dont care nor cstanleytech Apr 2012 #60
Did you realize your entire post was a run-on sentence? Ken Burch Apr 2012 #64
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You just accused me of promoting something unspeakable, because I disagreed with you about a poem. Ken Burch Apr 2012 #77
Bullshit. Grass is a lifelong ANTI-Nazi Ken Burch Apr 2012 #79
Not true LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #80
Gunter the Nazi was Waffen SS. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2012 #7
wasn't it the Waffen SS Panzer unit and for how many years was that? n/t azurnoir Apr 2012 #9
Is this why so many good authors were repeatedly blocked from publication in the US? Trillo Apr 2012 #4
I guess Mordechai Vanunu was an anti-semite, too! provis99 Apr 2012 #5
Former Waffen SS member Guther Grass barred Riftaxe Apr 2012 #11
Then we should Bar all Israelis who severed in the IDF for there life long Irgun Affiliation. Robeysays Apr 2012 #13
Well first of Irgun isn't nearly the equivalent to the Waffen SS. Kurska Apr 2012 #26
they didn't bar him for being a Nazi. provis99 Apr 2012 #14
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It's not just Israel's nuclear arsenal that needs to be destroyed, WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2012 #15
Might as well wish for a unicorn as thats as likely to happen imo. cstanleytech Apr 2012 #20
Author of "The Tin Drum". no_hypocrisy Apr 2012 #16
Wow. Godwin's Law much?? Malikshah Apr 2012 #17
thanks you got it exactly right azurnoir Apr 2012 #31
Read the poem. WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2012 #18
hey israel way to take the high ground while murdering people worldwide starfox172 Apr 2012 #19
It's frustrating to me that there seems to be no distinction in the minds of some XemaSab Apr 2012 #21
You're right - judging Jews by Israel is like judging Americans by George W. saras Apr 2012 #22
True primavera Apr 2012 #36
This guy was Waffen SS. Ideological apples rarely fall far from their ideological roots. Kurska Apr 2012 #27
so criticizing Israels nukes is firing a broadside at the Jewish people? azurnoir Apr 2012 #30
Calling the Jewish state the world's greatest threat to peace is. n/t Kurska Apr 2012 #37
The word you are ignoring is "drafted". PavePusher Apr 2012 #35
Part of a wartime building company. Voluntered to join the Kreigsmarine. Kurska Apr 2012 #38
Which had little to do with National Socialist sympathies, if any. PavePusher Apr 2012 #43
Back track much? Kurska Apr 2012 #44
I never said he didn't volunteer for the military. PavePusher Apr 2012 #49
Hitler youth, volunteered for service, holds anti-semitic beliefs decades later. Kurska Apr 2012 #54
I ask again for cites for your claims, please. PavePusher Apr 2012 #61
He was a Hitler youth member Kurska Apr 2012 #62
You know nothing about Günter Grass reorg Apr 2012 #63
Because you say so? n/t Kurska Apr 2012 #68
So you are claiming that anti-semitism is in the ire of the beholder? Tom Ripley Apr 2012 #66
No I'm saying it is harder to prove as objective fact than membership in an organization. Kurska Apr 2012 #67
Cites to an internet post, and an Isreali newspaper... PavePusher Apr 2012 #70
Some more actual history for you.... PavePusher Apr 2012 #50
"wartime building company"? Cite, please. n/t PavePusher Apr 2012 #51
Luftwaffenhelfer Kurska Apr 2012 #55
Too bad for Israel Arctic Dave Apr 2012 #28
LOL. Showing my ignorance, I thought BlueMTexpat Apr 2012 #29
Israel’s policy endangers world peace’ — Jakob Augstein and Gideon Levy have Gunter Grass’s back JohnyCanuck Apr 2012 #32
If you're threatened by a poem, you are clearly and unequivocally WRONG. End of story. saras Apr 2012 #33
Many people at many times have felt threatened by Nazi's. n/t Kurska Apr 2012 #39
Gunter Grass is not really any more of a Nazi than the pope is RZM Apr 2012 #40
but don't you see Bodhi BloodWave Apr 2012 #41
It is pretty odd RZM Apr 2012 #42
Except he didn't just critize Israel's nuclear weapons. Kurska Apr 2012 #45
Does that mean that DUers who say the same thing are disguised as liberals too? RZM Apr 2012 #46
If anyone is saying Israel wants to kill every Iranian and is the primary threat to world peace Kurska Apr 2012 #47
I've never heard anyone here argue the first one RZM Apr 2012 #48
Grass did not make any of these assertions reorg Apr 2012 #53
I actually read the poem. Kurska Apr 2012 #56
Your posts don't reflect that reorg Apr 2012 #59
Except he isn't talking about a war spiraling out of control. Kurska Apr 2012 #69
He clearly references reorg Apr 2012 #81
It's a lie to justify genocide. Old Union Guy Apr 2012 #75
He didn't say that at all. You didn't even read it. arikara Apr 2012 #76
Citation needed JVS Apr 2012 #82
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