Well, though I don't drink beer, I have been known to slam down a little whiskey or wine on occasion. So I'm not a total stick in the mud at the bar.
The decision not to indict the SA as a criminal organization was correct. I think that there was a bit more to it that the fact that they had faded into insignificance well before any international atrocities occurred ... Much the same could be said about Hess.
For one, the group itself was the victim of Hitlers wrath. Another, there simply was not many SA war criminals, if any. Any SA members that reached a position where they could commit atrocities were likely former SA members who branched over to the SS or party.
