> Actually more like arguing that World War II created the oppportunity for,
> and indeed the idea, of the physical extermination of the Jews. Arno Mayer
> wrote an excellent and--to use your favorite word of the
> day--"controversial" book,
Cute. You're mocking me.
> Why Did the Heavens Not Darken?, a rguing
> precisely this. The timing's right too. Btw, the Soviet advance into
Eastern
> Europe DID quicvken the pace of the death camps until the very last
minute.
To use your favorite phrase of the last couple of days, "No shit." Unfortunately my statement was less than clear. What I meant was the fact that the pace of extermination increased considerably in both Kosovo and Germany can't convincingly be employed in anti-intervention arguments in either case. You might ask why. Simple answer: even though the rate of slaughter increased for a time, the ultimate number of victims was almost certianly lessened by intervention in both cases.
-- Luke