Newt Gingrich awkwardly poses for smiley tourist photo in worst possible place.

[Gustaf]

I don't think anyone is saying this indicates Gingrich being supportive of the Holocaust. It just indicates that he's a bit weird.

I mean, the picture is hilarious.

[Gustaf]

The difference should be pretty obvious...I met my grandmother a week ago. She would've died in the Holocaust had she not fled to Sweden. No one now living has met anyone who died in the Civil War. In fact, it's reasonable to assume that no one on here has even met anyone who in turn met anyone who died in the Civil War.

The emotional link is obviously a lot weaker.

And that's not even getting into how a battle, horrific as it may be, does not signify the same thing as a genocide.