12-11-2009, 12:34 PM
Quote:It wasn't the Japanesse who were bad people, just as it wasn't the Germans who were our enemies. It was some of their leaders, and their ideals we were fighting against. I am 99% German. The rest is Russian, and who knows what else. I wonder what my father thought about being a German in America, and the rest of his family was still in Germany? He even had a brother who was drafted into the Nazi Army and fought in France. Talk about mixed emotions.
I think this quote from one of my favorite series of books (and movies) fits your thoughts.
"The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he comes from, and if he really was evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home, and would he not rather have stayed there... in peace? War will make corpses of us all." - Faramir, Captain of Gondor - Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien.