== James Bacque's Reputation == 

 I find the claim that almost all of Mr. Bacque's supporters are "Holocaust deniers or neo-Nazis" absurd.  Where on earth would anyone have found statistics (since this is an arguement that centers on statistics) to support that idiotic claim?  Where is the database of James Bacque supporters, replete with their political viewpoint and views on the Holocaust? What is your expert area, that you feel qualified to attempt to destroy an honest man's reputation?  That you attempt to smear as "neo-Nazis" all those who find his research convincing? 

 Mr. Bacque has uncovered documents that appear on their face to be true.  They are damning against my native land, and against a General (Eisenhower) who I grew up thinking was one of the finest military men our country has ever produced.  I think that decency demands that Mr. Bacque's findings be discussed, probably by an independant commission of human rights experts, to see exactly how close to the truth he is.  I fear, from reading his books and from speaking with many of the survivors of the military occupation of Germany and Austria, that his statistics will be proven to be accurate.  This, like his accusations, will be uncomfortable for me and my fellow Americans, but if they are accurate, then so be it.  Many of the accusations that have come out of the Iraq war and occupation are also uncomfortable to us, but we are a great people, and guilt for any attrocities is never collective, is personal and individual to the perpetrator.  

 Calling Mr. Bacque and his supporters (of which I am one) "neo-Nazis and Holocaust deniers" is an outrage, an attempt to win a debate by calling names: very dirty, unsubstantiated names. Grow up, discuss the facts, debate fairly.