The memorial itself used a line coined by Goebbels of describing the attack as an “Anglo-American terror bombing”, which is hilarious considering that the Germans were perfectly fine with terror bombing their enemies.
Moscow had over 50,000 incendiary bombs dropped on it, Kiev and Minsk were razed. London and other English cities were terror bombed nonstop and the ensuing fires were catastrophic.
But when it’s a sad little Nazi city, now the Germans want to cry. They made their bed, they can lie in it to. Using a line from Goebbels is the cherry on top. This wasn’t a memorial, it was a propaganda statement.
You see those buildings left standing? That was known as the Central Prospect and those are the only remaining buildings from “Old Minsk”. The Germans only left them standing because that’s where the officers lived during the occupation.
They purposefully destroyed everything else.
On the first day of the war, the first target the Luftwaffe designated was the city water supply to prevent firefighters from putting out the fires from ensuing raids.
Everything old is new again. The tactics of terror bombing and inflicting maximum suffering on a civilian population have changed little since WW2. Most of the NATO bombing doctrine was informed or created by the same Nazi monsters who used those methods during the war.
I work with a lib whose eyes literally glaze over when I talk about Libya and how utterly unjust we were with them and he murmurs something about Gaddafi being a dictator who imprisoned/executed opposition, and he actually has no idea if that happened but it’s an African country so he’s taking a ‘safe bet’ that that was at play. He literally knows nothing about our actions over there or the why, but he’s a lib, through and through.
USA yes, Russia no. Ukrainian militias (that were then incorporated into the military, like the Azov battalion) were indiscriminately shelling civilian areas, and Russia didn’t respond with a “shock and awe” campaign; as for what our government has done, we have a lot to be worried about.
This brings up the Donbas situation and puts the death toll at 14,000 over eight years (I actually thought it was 8,000), but there was a chart I recall seeing somewhere that actually broke down how many people died month to month over there.
There’s a funny segment in this boy boy video at 14:44 where you can see Zelensky go to the militias in an attempt to intimidate them into handing over their weapons (and he does it pathetically to be honest).
The memorial itself used a line coined by Goebbels of describing the attack as an “Anglo-American terror bombing”, which is hilarious considering that the Germans were perfectly fine with terror bombing their enemies.
Moscow had over 50,000 incendiary bombs dropped on it, Kiev and Minsk were razed. London and other English cities were terror bombed nonstop and the ensuing fires were catastrophic.
But when it’s a sad little Nazi city, now the Germans want to cry. They made their bed, they can lie in it to. Using a line from Goebbels is the cherry on top. This wasn’t a memorial, it was a propaganda statement.
Fuck, I looked for photos of Minsk after World War II, it’s terrible, I didn’t even know about it
You see those buildings left standing? That was known as the Central Prospect and those are the only remaining buildings from “Old Minsk”. The Germans only left them standing because that’s where the officers lived during the occupation.
They purposefully destroyed everything else.
On the first day of the war, the first target the Luftwaffe designated was the city water supply to prevent firefighters from putting out the fires from ensuing raids.
The blueprint for bombing Libya, then.
Everything old is new again. The tactics of terror bombing and inflicting maximum suffering on a civilian population have changed little since WW2. Most of the NATO bombing doctrine was informed or created by the same Nazi monsters who used those methods during the war.
I work with a lib whose eyes literally glaze over when I talk about Libya and how utterly unjust we were with them and he murmurs something about Gaddafi being a dictator who imprisoned/executed opposition, and he actually has no idea if that happened but it’s an African country so he’s taking a ‘safe bet’ that that was at play. He literally knows nothing about our actions over there or the why, but he’s a lib, through and through.
Reminder that one out of every three Belarusians were killed during the war
The reason they removed it now is pretty clear though, and it’s not because they feel bad about what the nazis did to USSR.
The memorial stated pretty clearly that the terror was coming from Germany
This kind of thinking justifies Russia razing Ukrainian cities to the ground. Or any in the USA for that matter.
USA yes, Russia no. Ukrainian militias (that were then incorporated into the military, like the Azov battalion) were indiscriminately shelling civilian areas, and Russia didn’t respond with a “shock and awe” campaign; as for what our government has done, we have a lot to be worried about.
Where can I read more about this?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/06/the-tragedy-of-ukraine/
This brings up the Donbas situation and puts the death toll at 14,000 over eight years (I actually thought it was 8,000), but there was a chart I recall seeing somewhere that actually broke down how many people died month to month over there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8
There’s a funny segment in this boy boy video at 14:44 where you can see Zelensky go to the militias in an attempt to intimidate them into handing over their weapons (and he does it pathetically to be honest).
https://www.crisisgroup.org/content/conflict-ukraines-donbas-visual-explainer
This also popped up for me when I went looking for the counterpunch article and thought maybe it would provide more details.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: