Partisan forces have played a role in most wars throughout history. Their presence was fiercely felt during WW2/The Patriotic War.
The French Partisans played an important role before , during and after D- Day . They blew up supplies and linkages, assassinated troops, and helped downed Allied airmen evade capture. Their methods were often unconventional, and when captured they were mostly tortured horribly, then executed.
The Belorussian Partisans played a larger role in destroying Nazis, as their numbers were larger, and they enjoyed a much greater natural protection from the dense virgin forests of Belarus. They also were tortured, and executed when captured.
In order to "capture" a Partisan, either French or Belorussian, the Germans used informants, collaborators, and spies. Sometimes persons merely suspected of ties to the Partisans were arrested and tortured, and mostly murdered.
Any invading force will face Partisan resistance if their invasion is against the will of the people. The level of resistance faced by an invader is proportionate to the criminality of their invasion and the degree the native peoples desire their exit.
Collaborators have historically been murdered and tortured by Partisans when discovered. This is because the collaborators themselves are ultimately responsible for the same treatment of Partisans by the primary criminal invaders.
Has anyone noticed that the History Channel has not been airing any documentaries about WW2 era French Partisans lately? You should think about this.
It is very convenient to label anyone in Iraq opposing our criminal presence there as a "terrorist", or an "insurgent". However, could their individual politics and their combat techniques not sometimes more precisely qualify them as "partisans". ?
It is correct to say that the "legitimate partisan resistance" faced by US forces in Iraq is in direct proportion to our level of legal and criminal legitimacy in the same country.
It is not correct to "imprison without trial, torture, or murder" men conducting "legitimate partisan actions " against a criminal invader (that's us) on their own home soil.
The first video is dedicated to Russian Partisans in the Patriotic War/WW2. The next link takes you to an older issue of Mikes Vacation where the Belarusian film COME AND SEE is reviewed with links so you can view it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vcTJ_JKV3tc
(just kindly cut and past this in the address bar, I'll fix the link later)
http://mikesvacation.blogspot.com/2007/08/come-and-see.html
This video is about the French Resistance in WW2.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wyt2OD5qfeY
Mikes Vacation dedicates the following music video to the "legitimate partisans" conducting actions against US military forces that would have been considered "legal" for the French or Belorussians to conduct against the Nazis. This video is not dedicated to terrorists, and it is not intended to celebrate the tragic loss of innocent American life as a result of this criminal invasion.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0KL_fgWgK40&feature=related
Mikes Vacation dedicates this video to the innocent American soldiers that have been maimed or killed as a result of our current criminal invasion of Iraq.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sTRBPCcJwhE
Readers please note: Mikes Vacation was recently contacted by one of our readers who didn't agree with this piece. He said that the French and Russian Partisans weren't out torturing collaborators, and cutting their heads off. He also felt that the US occupation of Iraq is a lot more legitimate than the Nazi occupation of France and Russia. He also made the point that while there was a potential for "legitimate WW2 grade partisans, and partisan actions existing in Iraq", there was much evidence that attacks on US troops were not the work of "legitimate partisans". He felt that a lot of the attacks on US troops were the work of "insurgents" who only wished to draw American blood regardless of the legality or illegality of the current US occupation.
Mikes Vacation agrees with the above readers opinion and applaudes him for correcting the imprecise nature of our current Essay. However we at Mikes Vacation must remind the reader that the US occupation of Iraq can easily and clearly be measured as a criminal invasion, and a war crime in and of itself. The United States for all of our problems and failings are no where nearly as evil as Hitlers Third Reich, in fact, we are not even the same species. However, regardless of how cushy and white bread we are compared to the Nazis, a war crime is a war crime, and a criminal invasion is just that. After the fact, we have attempted to be as gentle as possible to the general Iraqi public, however just because we aren't the Third Reich, doesn't mean the Iraqi population is any less entitled to seeing to our exit. Just because there are many insurgents in Iraq who are there only for blood sport and hatred, and can't be considered Partisans, doesn't mean we are legitimated by their presence.
Let me repeat that one more time, our presence in Iraq is not legitimized by the illegitimacy and presence of insurgents only there for mindless hatred and cruel sport.
We thank our above reader for his comments, and corrections. However Mikes Vacation still feels that a legitimate partisan presence exists in Iraq, and their operations against our troops are not only legal according to international standards, but bonna fide and reasonable considering the circumstances.
Mikes Vacation is broken hearted to feel the above facts are true and correct.
May G_d have mercy on all our souls.
Mike Miller,
Indiana,
2007
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