The Bush Hitler Thing

"My family was one of Hitler's victims. We lost a lot under the Nazi occupation, including an uncle who died in the camps and a cousin killed by a booby trap...

"So far, I've seen nothing to eliminate the possibility that Bush is on the same course as Hitler. And I've seen far too many analogies to dismiss the possibility. The propaganda. The lies. The rhetoric. The nationalism. The flag waving. The pretext of 'preventive war'. The flaunting of international law and international standards of justice. The disappearances of 'undesirable' aliens. The threats against protesters. The invasion of a non-threatening sovereign nation. The occupation of a hostile country. The promises of prosperity and security. The spying on ordinary citizens. The incitement to spy on one's neighbors - and report them to the government. The arrogant triumphant pride in military conquest. The honoring of soldiers. The tributes to 'fallen warriors. The diversion of money to the military. The demonization of government appointed 'enemies'. The establishment of 'Homeland Security'. The dehumanization of 'foreigners'. The total lack of interest in the victims of government policy. The incarceration of the poor and mentally ill. The growing prosperity from military ventures. The illusion of 'goodness' and primacy. The new einsatzgrupen forces. Assassination teams. Closed extralegal internment camps. The militarization of domestic police. Media blackout of non-approved issues. Blacklisting of protesters - including the no-fly lists and photographing dissenters at rallies. "

- From a reader submission to truthout.

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UPDATE:: I am currently reading a history of Germany during WWII (The rise and fall of the third reich). One hting you realise when you read this is that despite all the paralells there are also a helluva lot of non-paralells. One of which is that Bush is so far the 'lesser' of Hitler. I hesitate to call Hitler a 'genius' (of any kind) but he was certainly one crafty bastard and managed to get so far definitely due in large part for his quite phenomal gifts in oratory. Bush is none of the above (hey, he's not even crafty - you only have to look at the phenomenally pathetic mishandling of the UN to see that).

Also, Germany during the late 20's very early 30's would just be completely unrecognizable to todays US.. man that place was just total nuts.