re: #342 Jetpilot1101

Obama just referred to German prisoners of war in WW2 as detainees. Does this man know anything of world history?

No. He’s like the Emperor of China (Ko Hung, IIRC) who ordered al books and records in the country destroyed so that “all history will begin with my reign”.

The One thinks that every day, he gets to hit the “Reset” button on reality.

And FTR, the reason Churchill said what The One referred to was that Germany was a signatory to the Hague Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war, as was Great Britain, and that he expected that the Nazis would respect those accords in their treatment of Allied POWS, specifically British servicemen. Interestingly enough (in view of the Holocaust), the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe (who actually ran most of the POW camps) did so. Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the Gestapo (the 50 from Stalag Luft III who were murdered in retaliation for “The Great Escape”) or the SS (the Malmedy’ massacre during the Battle of the Bulge).

/As usual, The One doesn’t understand the context. Or just doesn’t fragging care.

cheers

eon