Shock Lingers After Nazi Unit Leader Found in U.S.

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MINNEAPOLIS) — The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S. and Europe harshly condemned the news and prosecutors in Poland have said they’ll investigate.

Though records do not show that Karkoc had a direct hand in war crimes, statements from men in his unit and other documentation confirm the Ukrainian company he commanded massacred civilians, and suggest that Karkoc was at the scene of these atrocities as the company leader. Nazi SS files say he and his unit were also involved in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, in which the Nazis brutally suppressed a Polish rebellion against German occupation.
 

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Anyone think he is to old to prosecute?
... the Ukrainian company he commanded massacred civilians, and suggest that Karkoc was at the scene of these atrocities as the company leader. Nazi SS files say he and his unit were also involved in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, in which the Nazis brutally suppressed a Polish rebellion against German occupation.


Nope.

Of being in a war? When is your court date?

What civilian deaths did Goober oversee or participate in? I'd like to see what you know.
 

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War is a crime. Those who send young men into war should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. There is no way to avoid collateral damage.

War is sad. It's a failure of the human condition. But, war has rules. Fighting other soldiers is different than rounding up civilians, on purpose, and killing them outside the heat of battle.
 

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War is sad. It's a failure of the human condition. But, war has rules. Fighting other soldiers is different than rounding up civilians, on purpose, and killing them outside the heat of battle.
How about using drones to bomb wedding parties or villages full of innocent civilians? War never involves soldier against soldier anymore. War has never avoided civilian casualties. They may claim to avoid civilians as much as possible, but in practice, civilians casualties are the best way to demoralize your enemy.
 

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War is sad. It's a failure of the human condition. But, war has rules. Fighting other soldiers is different than rounding up civilians, on purpose, and killing them outside the heat of battle.


Got you sucked in big time I see. You want to show me any conflict where civilians from either side have not been targeted and killed?
 

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