In 1985 us army west Germany they loaded up my infantry platoon on a bus and took us to tour dachau .doing the tour there were many tears amongst us and the bus ride back to kaserne was very somber. Later on in my tour in a bar I was sitting and next to me a man reached for his cigarettes and I noticed on his arm he had a camp tattoo I bought him several beers and we talked I asked him how he could live amongst those who did this to him. He replied you have to understand that all humans are not evil and you must learn to forgive , that is the only time we ever talked when we were not training or doing garrison duties I went back to the bar in butzbach west Germany I think it was EKU'S pub and I never saw him again. But I think of him of late actually when the hair hitler trump fascist wanted to come after the muslims . I used to think we as a nation are evolved that we would never follow a tin pot dictator who invokes hate and fear against a people over there religious beliefs . I know this is long but I had to write this I think for the gentleman I met in the pub. This why we must fight back to protect are fellow brothers and sisters and there children.
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