-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 1/18/02 8:38:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Eisenhower didn't have to provide the level of treatment required by the Geneva Treaty for the treatment of POWs. It is a very sad and brutal chapter of American History that is almost unknown. >> I think that Eisenhower was getting even for the treatment of American POWs he had seen and for the horrors of the Holocaust to which he had a first hand view. The Germans did starve our men in the camps, but it was because there was not even enough food for the Germans themselves by the end of the war. I knew a German war bride in about l953 who said that for months, the lunch she took to work with her each day was two very tiny potatoes. She only mentioned it, because I was kidding her about her lists. She said that she had to write everything down or she would forget, and the doctors said it was because she had been seriously undernourished during the late war years. They felt that was also the cause of her infertility and even of the Bright's Disease she developed. We knew an Air Force sergeant who was as thin as a stick who had been a POW in Germany. Eisenhower had spoken to them when he came into the camp, and he told them that he would personally do anything to help them later in life if they would just contact him. It was a pie crust promise, because this man did actually write Eisenhower for assistance with something or other years later, and got the brush off. Still Eisenhower had been much affected at the time, and I can imagine he would have tried to hurt the Germans as much as he could get away with. That's very likely what is behind the treatment of the (whatever they are) at Gitmo. It must give the Bush administration great satisfaction; however, we are supposed to be a Christian nation and the eyes of the world are watching us. I'm afraid that the next time we espouse our Christianity, they will tell us what hypocrites they think we are. True Christianity is a challenging burden, and it seems that it is not a load taken up by those within the beltway who deal with the world in our names. Prudy <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
