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Aristus

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8. If he had been "Secretary of War" back in WWII, when there was actually a SoW,

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 11:44 AM

3 hrs ago

We would have lost. It was due to the relative compassion, our adherence to the Geneva Convention articles regarding the treatment of prisoners of war that so many German soldiers surrendered rather than fighting to the death. Rumors (which were true) spread among German soldiers in the field that POW's were fed and treated better by the Americans than by their own officers.

Can't expect that drunken shitstain to know that.

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