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[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

I do not apologize for the takeover of the region by the Jews from the Palestinians in the same way I don’t apologize for the takeover of America by the whites from the Red Indians or the takeover of Australia from the blacks. It is natural for a superior race to dominate an inferior one

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so the Bengal famine was a courageous decision?

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

He engineered a grain shortage in bangladesh to forestall false rumours of a japanese invasion that killed 3-6 million people.

An author I like dug into it, a war author that dug into it after the war, didn't find enough to make the allegations, they did do it though, and was targeted by the House of Unamerican Activities committee.

He refused to testify and was imprisoned for a year for contempt, they were scheming on sending him up on 10 years on some federal charge but didn't eventually.