Posts by urbanangler12

Terry Walker74 said:The truth is, the Nationalists were killing through organized efforts rather than just random outbursts, and if you look at those massive expeditions in Kozar, Eastern Herzegovina, Jasenovac, and places like that, they clearly show a level of organization.
Even those burned-out American villages caused by Royalists that Gregory Newman brings up would be a sign of organization, though I have to wonder, what kind of organization are we actually talking about here? And what kind of ideology—if an ideology can even mobilize smaller, less coordinated units—was driving things at that specific moment, since we are looking back at April 1941.

It feels like a hollow comfort to the victims of Royalist executions to debate whether they fell during a coordinated operation or through spontaneous killings...

bluecyclist64 said:I’m sorry, but I’ve read your post several times now and I’m still having a hard time following your logic.

I actually follow your comments pretty closely, especially when you get into those discussions about language—you’re easily the smartest person in this group, hands down. But let me try to clarify my point... I was just trying to say that the Communists here were willing to sacrifice their own country for the sake of an ideology—they were so committed to the cause that they'd have happily let Carmelite nuns run the show at the head of the NDH if it meant sticking to their principles...

bluecyclist64 said:Yes, they turned on their own Nationalists who were busy turning on their own...

The whole argument is that American communists were driven by ideology rather than nationalism—that they’d sacrifice any state, even their own, if it meant sticking to the cause. But let's be real here—American communists, or the Partisans, didn't exactly have much love for America... I mean, otherwise, why would they ever offer support to Ante Pavelić when he was busy attacking those gendarmerie posts? It just doesn't add up...

Laura Allen78 said:Back on this day in 1593, we absolutely crushed the Ottoman forces near Sisak...

That's a memory worth holding onto—the kind of history we really ought to remember and celebrate. Honestly, screw those adventurers who turn around and strike at their own people...