Re: EJ in WWII

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Date sent:      	Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:15:42 +0000 (GMT)
From:           	John King <john.king@st-johns.oxford.ac.uk>
To:             	ernst-juenger-l@maillist.ox.ac.uk
Subject:        	Re: EJ in WWII
Send reply to:  	ernst-juenger-l@maillist.ox.ac.uk

> > > As an Italian infantryman (sort of), I'd like to know how many of us listmembers
> > > had to wear a uniform (or still wear it).
> >
> > We could even ak more detailed:
> > who among the listmembers was NOT an infantryman ?

Sorry to differ, I was in the Navy - aka La Armada:-).
But I think is not the point to have belonged to nations army -
Bierzo mountain people its well known as great "guerrilleros" -
since Roma´s invasion, Goth´s and other nordic invasions,
Napoleon and even in civil war - maquis; and they have never
belong to armys, they were more like waldwangers. What I think its
EJ differential point, its that he integrate not only eros but polemos
also. This is a great error of pacifists. Life is composed by polemos
and eros. Warrior first duty is to reconduct fight to and into human
limits - and to always maintened it into them. But sure EJ will say
it better than me - and this goes also to Roberto Haab and his
erroneous understanding of which is soldiers duty:

   Allow me to reach a conclusion: Time of enmity between our two
countries is come to an end, an enmity in which we were educated
very soon. i have never accepted it. Its true that singular person
cannot elude himself the great conflicts and that, obviously, he
participates in them with his people and between his people. But,
its always posible to preserve simpathy, like it happened between
Fiedrich the Great and voltaire, thought this cames harder than in
Baroque. "Adversaire", if circusntances order that, but not
"ennemi". "Agon", but not "polemos".

   Humans learn  little of history - otherwise we  will be spare of
much things, WWII is one of them. However, it seems now we have
a model.
   If we think on the problems that overburden us, it raises the next
question: shouldn´t we begin in a planetary way now, in the place
such surroundings and sacrifices have taken us?

                                  Ansprache zu Verdún am 24, Juni, 1978
                                                  Ernst Jünger

 > Enough from me on the British. I'm English and European long before I'm
> British, BTW - just says I'm British in my passport.

Here I agree John and EJ, its time to motherlands and great
spaces. I am  Berciano   and European long before I´m Spanish -
though I love Spain and its diverse cultures.

About the bilingual question, I know EJ list must be english-german
- I am doing "acceleratto" efforts to learn german, I was only asking
R. Haab - as swiss- if he could write his asserts also in other
language - italian  suits for me:-).

Best regards
roberto.