Below is a quote that holds a lot of truth. The problem with it is, it comes from one of Hitler’s own. Its simple though. You want to influence a nation to follow, put fear into them. Claim terror or war on your doorsteps and point you finger at any target, and the people will follow. Well, most people. Remember Bush (the first president Bush, not G.W.) had the phrase, “A New World Order in America”? Well, its really the same thing, only hes not the first to come up with the mantra.
“Naturally, the common people don’t want war…That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship. …voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country” – Hermann Goering, Hitler’s Reich-Marshall at the Nuremberg Trials after WWII
Sounds very close to the Bush mantra after 9/11, of war and why we we’re going to Iraq. Now Obama is following along the same lines in wanting to send more troops to Iraq. If he continues down this path, there is no chance for re-election, because the people at large have become sick of the same old rhetoric bull shit. The problem is, these same people are also struggling to make ends meet, and pay their bills, feed their children, or find a job, so they lack the mobilization and motivation to protest in large masses for something that, even though its an issue to them, surviving and taking care of their families is a larger priority. Nobody wants the war in Iraq to go on any longer, and Afghanistan is a lost cause at this point, because we have no support from the surrounding region, as much as they say they do support us, because if they did, Osama Bin Laden would have been ousted from his little cave or wherever he is, and the people would rise up to help us in the fight to bring him and the terrorists of 9/11 to justice. The reason he still lives, is because people of that region still support him and aid in his ability to stay hidden from the ones who are trying to find him. If they didn’t, the man would have been captured a long time ago.
I hope Obama gets his shit together and starts leading this country and stops listening to other people tell him how to do everything. I voted for the man, but I don’t think he is making the difference we had all hoped for. I still stand by my vote though, because I damn sure as hell don’t want McCain and Palin. They would not have been any better and I sure as hell don’t want that insane woman from “I can see Russia from my house”, Alaska to be running our country. She is a walking contradiction to the morals and values she preaches about, yet he daughter has a child out of wedlock, she quits her job as Governor, and then writes a book to bitch about how the McCain people treated her during the campaign. If she couldn’t hack it as a Governor, she sure as hell doesn’t have what it takes to run OUR country.
Notice the emphasis on OUR….