• 4am@lemmy.zip
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    18 hours ago

    And if they stay, they get hung because “following orders is not an excuse”

    I agree we need insiders to fight back but what do you want from them? Do you expected them to be jailed, their families homeless? Trump would find a way.

    So, can’t say I blame them for wanting their names clear of this, without experiencing the revenge of a madman.

    EDIT: clarity

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      It’s worth noting that almost all the rank and file just went home after the war. Nuremberg only prosecuted two hundred people. Only got 161 convictions, 37 death sentences. That’s all. Everyone else got to walk away.

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      18 hours ago

      And if they stay, they get hung because “following orders is not an excuse”

      I think ideally they’d stay and subtly fuck up the administration’s plans. Like how prosecutors routinely fail to indict cops. But that’s asking a lot