Comments on The Pensive Quill: Jorge Videla

Niall, I was away for two days so am just catchin...

2013-05-24T23:26:45.381+01:00

Niall,

I was away for two days so am just catching up. Carrie uploaded whatever came through. Yeah, I thought it strange myself that my opinions differed in relation to both and I am not sure why. The nature of our species perhaps.

Alec, In many instances republicans were the Nazis...

2013-05-23T19:20:38.344+01:00

Alec, In many instances republicans were the Nazis. They may not have been German nor hated Jews but many of their leaders false ideals and misinterpretation of socialist/marxisist philosophy was not to be lauded nevermind drank in by the majority who served them. Throw a heavy dose of romantic nationalism into the mix and what one has is a republican coctail that lead us to the totalrian status of present day sinn fein.

I am no supporter of sinn fein although I must confess I would expect no better from any of the other micro groups were they to gain power and attempt to run the country; for history tells us that nationalist republicanism seldom realizes the ideals it sets out to implement. smells a small bit like national socialism dont you think ;)

Emmet, you presume too much. Republicans were wro...

2013-05-23T17:12:14.472+01:00

Emmet,

you presume too much. Republicans were wrong to seek assistance from the Nazis.

AM, Did you not get my original comment? If not,...

2013-05-23T13:21:27.601+01:00

AM,
Did you not get my original comment? If not, use this one.

Stalin wasn’t a ‘good Catholic’ either, neither was Blair but he is now, god Bless his wee socks!
Strange that you felt for Hess and not Videla yet both were active participants in brutal regimes.

Emmett whilst I agree with Anthony here it should ...

2013-05-23T09:55:22.916+01:00

Emmett whilst I agree with Anthony here it should be remembered that that old saying worked in reverse,did not the Americans and brits use the very same ideology when it came to dealing with Stalin.

Emmett, I think whoever fought the Nazis during W...

2013-05-23T08:40:16.299+01:00

Emmett,

I think whoever fought the Nazis during WW2 was right and whoever flirted with them was wrong

I assume you would excuse Ireland for remaining ne...

2013-05-22T23:32:10.051+01:00

I assume you would excuse Ireland for remaining neutral during the war ?

I would stab a guess that many republicans hated the brits so much they actually assuaged the Nazis horrors. For many crazy republican nationalists it has always been a case of my enemies enemy is my friend coupled with a lack of education. I make this point because ostensibly many of the Quill's contributors would snub the memory of those who fought against the nazis in the war.

whats your take mackers ?

one of the worst, Astiz, is serving life. The Brit...

2013-05-22T09:01:25.119+01:00

one of the worst, Astiz, is serving life. The Brits captured him during the 82 war, took him to Britain where the Swedish among others wanted to question him, treated him like a dignitary, and then sent hom back to Argentina. But the thug couldn't walk the streets there because people kept attacking him and knocking the bollix out of him. He even disappeared the mothers of the disappeared. He raped and tortured with abandon. Few wil shed a tear if he dies in jail like his boss. By the way, they were good Catholics! Videla's one complaint during house arrest was that he could not attend mass!

Anthony what of the subordinates, "I was only...

2013-05-21T22:48:18.726+01:00

Anthony what of the subordinates, "I was only obeying orders" is not good enough,I hope they a rotting in prison also.