In Defense of WWII: Chapter 2 of 5

Buchanan describes the Holocaust as a consequence of WWII; without that war, it may not have occurred. Hanson counters that the mechanisms of the Holocaust could not have been envisioned and organized just because of a war scenario. Hitchens reminds that Hitler's program for genocide, Mein Kampf, came out in the 1920s.

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[coogeebearinbriz]

I personally find it odd that the author of the book is not even there to engage in the debate.

[nyomythus]

It's not a debate... (A formal contest of argumentation in which two opposing teams defend and attack a given proposition.)

...it's a discussion. (A formal discourse on a topic; an exposition.)

[byron84]

Since Hitchens loves using Mein Kampf, why doesn't he say that Hitler, as he stated in the book, should have been let loose to continue his eastward expansion towards the USSR, and allow the two beasts of national socialism and Stalinistic communism to devour each other while the Western democracies re-arm and peacefully observe the death match?

[nyomythus]

I'm stuck on your statement, "Since Hitchens loves using Mein Kampf..." I can't seem to get beyond that.

[heymossy]

Oh. My. God. This. Is. So. Freeking. Interesting.

Real topics, actual discussion and the freedom to explore ideas. How come nobody is frantically yelling at the other guy in order to cut him off. If this topic is boring, then so be it. But the discussion itself is wonderful.

[eirefrance]

This might have better if they had Buchanan on to defend his own points.

[Hazardous117]

First of all, Mein Kampf exhibits a substantial hatred for Democracy and Liberalism, not just Communism. Secondly, as shown in every war its fought since 1870, the German military establishment would have never allowed the traditional continental enemy (France) to rearm unmolested while it got involved in a long and protracted war in the East.

[coogeebearinbriz]

By definition yes, but I still cannot see much value in having such an approach. Both those professing their opinions and analysis take the same view. The host struggles to try and recall what the author wrote! It is lame duck.

[byron84]

Why? He invokes it when it suits his purposes and ignores it when it doesn't.

[byron84]

Does anyone think that it's fair to start to get into hypotheticals about the fate of European Jewry with a self-righteous Trotskyist cum right-wing neoconservative militarist like Hitchens? His political affiliations alone make Hitler look like a Girl Scout.

[MitchofSmeg]

what kind of idiot would kill people who could become soldiers and fight for the nation in a war unless they were going to do it anyway?