Combating Misconception

The recent flap over the movie “Seven Years in Tibet” once again exposed the usual assortment of the intellectually challenged, making stupid but politically correct remarks about the Waffen SS.

The Waffen SS was an army. Its young volunteers came from 34 countries and were the elite in an anti-Bolshevik crusade. The Soviet Union, America’s ally, was preparing to invade Europe. But for the German leadership, it would have been unopposed.

As a former combat Marine, I feel humbled by the sacrifices made by these men. Their enemy was our enemy; their battles were our battles. What does that make of us, poor pathetic creatures that we are? They have been demonized and their honor dragged through the mud by the emasculated and simple-minded.

Contempt for the truth cannot be tolerated forever. Political prostitutes of the “free” press should be held to account for their cowardly complicity in the big lies.

PHILIP J. FOGARTY

Santa Ana