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Originally Posted by Andrewl
Why of course the people don't want war. 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 - the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
Hermann Goering - April 18, 1946
Nuremberg Diary (Farrar, Straus & Co 1947), by Gustave Gilbert
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Yes - this is the Nazi heritage so much loved by US presidents and the Bush Hawks. Pearl Harbor, Gulf of Tonkin, 911 etc are good examples how this principle has been implemented by US presidents. Bush is copying Goering and Goebbels 1 : 1 which is quite strange ... even if his family was supporting Hitler and Gestapo. Also the methods of 911 (Reichstags fire), dominance theory (PNAC) and controlling citizens (Patriot Act) have been directly copied from the Nazies.