last rant on the subject
Simply substitute the word 'communism' with 'terrorism' and the Reichstag fire with the London bombings... (although probably not caused by a dutchman). It's funny how propaganda and the media changes so very little.
Hitler, shortly after being named chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, pulled out of the coalition that had been built with ( Read more... )
Hitler, shortly after being named chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, pulled out of the coalition that had been built with ( Read more... )
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does this mean you subscribe to the "bush planned it all along" club then?
personally i think there are definite parallels but the presence in this country of the independent newspaper, john humphries, and all the other bleeding-heart liberal media organs a bit of an anomaly. So in our case we public institutions aren't quite so under the thumb as they were during nazi germany.
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The climate in this country is far detached from the German situation 73 years ago. Hyper-inflation, depression, high unemployment the stigma of having just lost the first world war and the placement of enemy troops in their industrial heartland were massive incentives for radical change.
Accountability is far less of an issue when you borrow from history...
On the "Bush planned it all along" front, I am of the view that after the first Gulf War it was inevitable that troops would be back at a later date as the 'impact' of any subsequent war/skirmish/party/orgy would be dulled. It is still hazy in my mind as to whether or not the invasion would have gone ahead had Saddam Hussein NOT invaded Kuwait. After he had however, it was hunting season on all Iraqi forces and infrastructure - there's nothing like crippling your political enemies whilst only having a tenuous reason in the first place to do so!
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