to Howard: "same ideology of the Nazis" a warning

Submitted by myth (Germany), Nov 10, 2009 at 07:43

Howard, I agree here. On top of the ideology when I watch speeches of radical imams and the reaction of the audience on youtube the blinding similarity as compared to Hitler's and Goebbel's speeches is impossible to overlook. To me it almost seems boring, I have heard and seen it all before.

Yet there are two major differences that make me hope: 1 - in the war and the holocaust it was a majority of quite ordinary far from radical people who contributed to or actually carried out the killings, that is far more dangerous. There would be convinced party members, members of the SS who from that perspective were quite innocent and the ordinary baker around the corner would prove to be a committed killer. You could not tell from people's mindset how dangerous they were, let this be a warning. As a friend of mine reports in places like Lebanon this is quite the same however. 2 - the NAZI ideology did not reach into the family and cultural life. Even after all those years the overall lessons have not been learned. How did the NAZI-party get to power?

It was a combination of three factors in chronological order: a) propaganda: the islamists actually copy this down to details b) intimidation and violence on the streets would overstate the support for the NAZIs : yes we see that even in the western world by muslims even when it is only wearing hijabs. c) political power was handed over to Hitler not by the people but by the establishment in a desperate act in order to preserve peace in public life: sounds familiar ? Before the the intimidation took over the NAZI party was within the 15-20% electorate limits, a minority. Let this be a warning, that 20% with some harsh methods and high level support can overthrow a country.

As for the military the NAZIs never succeeded to gain power over the military. They invented a rival organisation the SS with the military Waffen-SS part. That represents a common pattern in NAZI strategy. The US should be very careful to pass authorities to muslim groups even when restricted to certain communities, places or subjects. It all started with the propaganda. Our first line of defense shall be free speech and open ears.

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