Yup. See, you don't hear much about the bad stuff until the decision has been made that someone IS an enemy. Then you hear all about it all the time...

You hear nothing or virtually nothing about bad stuff that is being done by your friends, however.

It is not surprising that most Germans either actively or passively supported the Nazi government both prior to and during the war years. They were getting the Nazi media's version of reality every day, and it was their country, after all, and they were fighting for victory and national survival...as any country does once a war is underway. What else do you think they would have done, under those circumstances?

It takes an extremely unconventional and independent mind, a real outsider, to go against that sort of social pressure during wartime. It also takes a willingness to face being called a "traitor", "appeaser", "wimp", "coward", "peacenik", and all those kind of nasty terms that get applied to some Americans now if they oppose Bush's pre-emptive war policies.

Similar problem. Different country. Different war.