Tag: Re-enactment of WW2 causing liberals to explode

Candidate in OH under fire for Nazi re-enactment.

Candidate in OH under fire for Nazi re-enactment.

Well, at first I was under the impression this was a big deal. After reading the story and doing some research, I find this to be a typical liberal hatchet job.

Congressional Candidate Under Fire for Nazi Re-Enactment Past
An Ohio congressional candidate is under fire after a magazine unearthed a photo showing him dressed in a Waffen-SS uniform as part of a Nazi re-enactment group.

The Atlantic magazine, which published the photo, reported that Republican candidate Rich Iott was involved for years with Wiking, a group devoted to re-enacting the actions of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. He told The Atlantic he joined as a “father-son bonding thing” and quit the organization several years ago after his son lost interest.

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., who is Jewish, said on “Fox News Sunday” that he “would absolutely repudiate” Iott’s behavior.

But Iott, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, defended himself in a statement Saturday after Kaptur’s campaign and other groups condemned him. Iott said that as a student of history he has participated in numerous military re-enactments since he was in college and meant no offense by them.

“Never, in any of my re-enacting of military history, have I meant any disrespect to anyone who served in our military or anyone who has been affected by the tragedy of war, especially the Jewish Community,” he said in a written statement. “I have immense respect for veterans who served our country valiantly, particularly those who fought to rid the world of tyranny and aggression by relegating Nazism to the trash heap of history. I also believe we need to ‘never forget’ what happened to Jews during that war.”

Iott released several other photos on his campaign website that showed him in uniform as part of a World War I re-enactment and Civil War re-enactment in which he and his son donned Union uniforms.

According to the Wiking website, the organization is devoted to “presenting the history” of the Eastern Front division which fought the Russians, “never against the Americans.”

So a history buff decides to partake in some re-enactment with his son. Teaching tactics, and historical facts regarding the wars of the past. They participated in the civil war as UNION soldiers? This I have a problem with since I’m from the south! The union soldiers were very brutal to our southern brethren and they burned people out of their homes, how can you wear that union uniform? I’m sick!

Doesn’t that sound ridiculous?

That’s exactly what is going on here…. I’ll be supporting this guy for no other reason than because of the smear against him.