Comments on: Field Marshal Rommel http://www.oscarnuno.com/2009/06/06/military/field-marshal-rommel/ The Weblog of Oscar Nuño Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:18:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Oscar http://www.oscarnuno.com/2009/06/06/military/field-marshal-rommel/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Oscar Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:27:21 +0000 http://www.oscarnuno.com/?p=277#comment-115 I am glad you liked it! As you no doubt have deduced, I was hooked to Rommel's memoirs and shocked with his way of being. He truly is one of my inspirations. When I wrote "unfortunately", I did not mean that it was a pity that Rommel was against Hitler, rather, it was unfortunate that he got caught! He preferred suicide by taking a capsule of cyanide, rather than face a shameful public court, in which he and his family and aides were to hold trial (it was a circus, and he would be found guilty no matter what). War is necessary at times, but the reward is peace. "No one is foolish enough to prefer war over peace, in peace sons bury fathers but in war, fathers bury sons." (Herodotus) P.S.- Sorry for the grammar errors on this post, I just went back and edited. I was really tired last night and for some reason, spell check was not working, I should probably search for a better plugin. I am glad you liked it! As you no doubt have deduced, I was hooked to Rommel’s memoirs and shocked with his way of being. He truly is one of my inspirations. When I wrote “unfortunately”, I did not mean that it was a pity that Rommel was against Hitler, rather, it was unfortunate that he got caught! He preferred suicide by taking a capsule of cyanide, rather than face a shameful public court, in which he and his family and aides were to hold trial (it was a circus, and he would be found guilty no matter what). War is necessary at times, but the reward is peace. “No one is foolish enough to prefer war over peace, in peace sons bury fathers but in war, fathers bury sons.” (Herodotus)

P.S.- Sorry for the grammar errors on this post, I just went back and edited. I was really tired last night and for some reason, spell check was not working, I should probably search for a better plugin.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.oscarnuno.com/2009/06/06/military/field-marshal-rommel/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Michelle Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:17:04 +0000 http://www.oscarnuno.com/?p=277#comment-114 Remarkable. I loved reading this. I like how, at the start of this post, you referred to WWII as a "war that needed to be fought". All people talk about these days is world peace and ending wars. Without a doubt, a peaceful, warless world would be ideal. It would be wonderful. But sometimes you have to have war before you have peace.... or rather, peace is sometimes impossible until there is war. I love how Rommel, in the midst of war -- the epitomy of treachery and misery and hardship -- was still able to keep his mind on what matters. Many can't even do that in "peace". The thought of Rommel dining with his enemies and offering them aid... wow. Unheard of! I even like the fact that Rommel risked his own life to come against Hitler, who really was the driving force of all the evil that that time period endued. Do you disagree? Remarkable. I loved reading this.

I like how, at the start of this post, you referred to WWII as a “war that needed to be fought”. All people talk about these days is world peace and ending wars. Without a doubt, a peaceful, warless world would be ideal. It would be wonderful. But sometimes you have to have war before you have peace…. or rather, peace is sometimes impossible until there is war.

I love how Rommel, in the midst of war — the epitomy of treachery and misery and hardship — was still able to keep his mind on what matters. Many can’t even do that in “peace”.

The thought of Rommel dining with his enemies and offering them aid… wow. Unheard of!

I even like the fact that Rommel risked his own life to come against Hitler, who really was the driving force of all the evil that that time period endued. Do you disagree?

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