It is commonly thought and taught that the Holocaust was simply about anti-Semitism and hate. The word hate is commonly used as a hate term. Instead of actually understanding the other person you simply say they hate.

Actually the Holocaust and the whole Nazi movement were about eugenics. The Nazi's thought that the Germans were the next step in the evolution on man and it was their moral responsibility to eliminate all the inferior races from the gene pool.

The Nazi's thought the Scandinavians, probably the Dutch, maybe the English, Irish, Scotch men and Czech's were German enough, but almost no Muslims would have made the cut. Muslims should watch the films and read the books on the Holocaust and understand that what happened to the Jews could have been them.

Ultimately when the Germans were losing the war Hitler decided that the Germans were not the next step in the evolution of mankind, instead the eastern people, I assume Hitler meant the Slavs, were the next step. So Hitler ordered the destruction of German industry to facilitate the extinction of the German people.

Ultimately Hitler at one time or another wanted to kill everyone. As it was World War 2, the Jewish Holocaust, and the slaughter of other groups only killed about 50 million, so I guess Hitler died a disappointed man.

It should be noted that the Nazi movement was a very Western movement. The Nazi-Eugenics movement took the scientific theory of evolution and turned it into a moral imperative. This was not a Muslim, Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist movement. Rather it was the Western respect for science gone very wrong. It illustrates the value of having religious values to anchor society.

Because of their strong faith Muslims have for the most part avoided many of the foolish trends of the 20th Century, for example Communism and the sexual revolution.

America sacrificed about 50 thousand lives defending the Koreans from Communism, and another 50 thousand defending the Vietnamese. The Muslims did their own fighting against Communism in Afghanistan. Furthermore they generally avoided the spell of communism in almost all of their countries.

Furthermore, because the Muslims did not join in the sexual revolution they have largely avoided AIDS. I do not have country by country figures for the host of other venereal diseases that have evolved in the wake of the sexual revolution, but it is a good guess that the Muslims have largely avoided these too.

If AIDS and gonorrhea become immune to our drugs that will not be the fault of Muslims who for the most part do not get AIDS and probably have low levels of most other venereal disease. Venereal diseases exist because of human behavior, mostly non-Muslim human behavior. The anchor of Muslim's powerful faith has saved them from much Western stupidity.

So Muslims should understand that the Jews felt the need for a homeland after the Holocaust and the West was sympathetic to their claims given that half the world's Jewish population was killed by the Holocaust.

Yes, perhaps it would have been more just to carve the Jewish homeland out of Germany.

Admitting that the holocaust happened does not necessarily mean that Muslims need to accept the existence of Israel. In fact, to the degree that Israel is based on the holocaust this is something of a weakness. The holocaust was a historical event, and it is rapidly becoming ancient history.

The younger generation of Jews in America is getting tired of the topic. Intermarriage and assimilation is rapidly destroying Jews as a distinct group in American society.

The Israeli's themselves do not seem to have anything like the dedication and fight that previous generations had. They get far to upset at even relatively trivial casualties. If the world's Jews are going to fight a war with the world's Muslims who out number them going on a hundred to one, they will have to learn to accept lots of casualties.

Furthermore, the anti-Semitism that was another foundation stone of Israel has faded in the West. In America the Jews, who have proved themselves intelligent, educated, and creative, are a highly valued part of American society. America and many other Western nations might welcome the chance to have larger Jewish populations. I tend to see Israel as an enormous waste of Jewish talent.

Over time most nations become more legitimate. Israel, based as it is on a historic event that is rapidly fading into history, maybe an exception to this rule.

So the reality of the holocaust might even give the Muslims hope that eventually they will rule Palestine.

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