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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:15 AM Original message |
The battle of Stalingrad |
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spindoctor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. They were drafted |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Does it? Not sure, have to think about it for a while. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Just following orders |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Collective guilt is a repugnant concept (nt) |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. It is impossible to judge them as a group |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 06:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Good response. |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. A different question: |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. No I don't |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 06:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. They were probably glad that at least somebodys gun pointed in the same direction as theirs. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Desertion would have been nearly impossible |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Exactly. That part is played up so much in military lore |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. hard to desert when you're surrounded n/t |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Well Said |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Yes. |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. we're all soldiers... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Small Correction |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. There was a joke in Europe during the 1930's: |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. My father-in-law was a survivor of Stalingrad |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Thank you for that. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It's just one story out of many millions |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. The crushing of the AK's Warsaw Uprising would be a better comparison. |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I wasn't trying to make any comparison of anything. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. Actually |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
24. There are always choices. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. But there are not always informed choices. |
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