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In reply to the discussion: "Polish death camps" [View all]sarisataka
(21,177 posts)I see lots of it here, anti Pole, anti Catholic, anti apologist and more I probably missed.
It is obviously a misspeak and Obama should have even caught it. Yet since it was said a apology should be given. If the Poles would like a personal note to their PM, I do not see that as unreasonable.
For those who wish to condemn all Poles for the actions of some who collaborated, I challenge you to find ANY country under Nazi rule that did not collaborate. Also find any eastern European nation that was not at some level anti-Semitic or had pogroms. Try it in western Europe, though pogroms were much less common there.
I would direct your attention here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS_foreign_volunteers_and_conscripts
and note which countries are not listed. I see two (Hint look in the 'Cs' and 'Ps')