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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

At the same time, this is one of the great tragedies of Democracy. More than half (when you don't have an electoral college) need to agree on something for it to be done. If 50.1% didn't want to prosecute him as a war criminal but 49.9% did, he goes scot free, and there's no real recourse unless you break the law.

This doesn't suddenly absolve Americans. A majority still stopped justice from being done. I wouldn't be so harsh on Americans today though for that 50.1% in the past, they didn't have any choice in the matter.

Be mad at us instead for what's happening in the present with Israel. The current generation of Americans has plenty to criticize with just our actions than needing to go back in history. And it's more poignant imo of an indictment.

Generally speaking though I do agree, the West unfairly enriched itself, and plenty of people are content to clutch our pearls at the history but not to make any material amends.