Comments on: Dems Bash Rumsfeld's Nazi Comments

Defense Secretary Likened Iraq War Opponents To Those Who Appeased Hitler

[bob_bob2]

Germans in WW2 = massive super power with the will and material wealth to take over the planet. BTW, Hitler is a joke, Stalin was way worse (and an ally for a short time).

Terrorists = a bunch of guys with ak-47's, no hierarchy, no military, no blitzkrieg, no unity, and no leadership; hell they can barely keep us out of their own countries.

US = More guns, bombs, and money than the rest of the planet combined; shivering in terror over what?

We are at war against potential external threats; like a hypochondriac we are fighting things in reality that can never be defeated.

[abbe7]

Red1530 wrote: "The terrorists are fascist because they want to control all aspects of there people's lives like the government in Italy and Germany did before WWII."

Their people ? You must be referring to government terrorism then ... because nobody would really care about "Al Qaeda people". And I guess that by "to control all aspects of there people's lives" you mean "illegal wiretapping" ...

[red1530]

The terrorists are fascist because they want to control all aspects of there people's lives like the government in Italy and Germany did before WWII.

[abbe7]

A little quizz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire

WTC = Reichstag;
Van der Lubbe = Usama bin Laden;
Comintern = Al Qaeda;
Enabling act = Patriot act;
Hitler = ?

[actnow101]

"We have found the enemy, and it is us."

It was the good citizens of Germany that failed to "confront Hitler" allowing the propaganda machine to consume them, and drive them to war and dispair. Let us show him that we have studied our history classes, and we have learned valuable lessons that will help us to confront the "new fascism". Of course it would have helped if the Germans had the internet so they could bypass government propaganda and have a free exchange of information. I think this speech of Rumsfeld's will go down in history. Is it possible to insert a larger video segment of his speech above, that may be very helpful for the American people to help identify these new fascists.

"There is nothing to fear, but fear itself"

[redrose54]

When will Americans learn the theory of cause and effect?

The reason Hitler came to power and the reason so many young Moslems are becoming radicalised are strikingly similar: Hitler rose to power through economic collapse in Germany following the Wall Street Crash; many young Moslems have been failed by the education system and are either not working or are in low-skill, low-wage jobs. Hitler came to power because the Germans felt that they had been humiliated by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles; young Moslems feel humiliated because they see their religion attacked by all sides, led by the US and Israel.

Until that link is learned by morons like Bush and Rumsfeld, then many more brave young soldiers from around the world will continue to lose their lives fighting a so-called "war on terror".

[docgalen]

Once upon a time there was a great president called Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was a very clever man who once said "There is nothing to fear, but fear itself." That statement should be said again! We are not going to be made living in fear because this administration wants us to!

[actnow101]

The Secretary of Defence is "warning" us that we are facing a "new type of fascism". He has never been more correct!

"I recount this history because once again we face similar challenges in efforts to confront the rising threat of a new type of fascism,... Can we truly afford to believe that somehow, some way, vicious extremists can be appeased?"

In an eerie twist of irony he seems to be discribing his own administration. Freedom of the press has been compromised, it is time for all good citizen's to take action against the oppressors before it is too late. Rumsfeld is right that there are terrorists out there somewhere, we just don't know who they are because he's not doing his job. Take back our country now before these mindless pawns start WWIII, and have us all living in fear. Don't let them burn the Constitution, it is our only hope.

"The pen is mighter than the sword"

[aliyaaali]

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The US needs to be tough on terror. But constant war, and suport for war, killing of innocent civillians, constantly is not helping US PR. Foreign pollicy, causes outrage and gives momentum to terrorists. The war on Terror should be more than just killing, and invading nations and creating more terrorist, it should simultaniously be a diplomatic one.

Rumsfeld knows people are not buying the same story as they did after 9/11, he knows no matter how hard they try, it a battle to persuade the public that Hizbollah and Al-Qaeda are one and the same thing. He acted to stop sympathy for the other side that more and more people are beginning to sympathise with. Of course nobody sympathises with terrorists in the shape of Al-Qaeda, but its becoming increasingly difficult to justify every attack by using the word terrorst.

[aliyaaali]

To be put in a position where it is deemed appropriate to justify America's political position, is an act of despair. If severe doubts were not begining to surface about the moral conduct of this Administration, it would not be necessary. Clearly people are beginning to harbour a desire to hear the other side of the story, perhaps not so much here in the United States, but definately abroad. In light of the recent interview with Ahmadinejad, and what the world saw as an act of atrocity in Lebanon, going by the widespread anti-Israeli anti-US protests.

This is a call to rally support, a call to paper over the moral flaws in the conduct of the Administration, that has been at war for almost the entirity of its tenures. What we face, is a horrible terrorist threat, we face scum that want to kill us all, jew,christian,muslim,hindu regardless. Even the muslim Americans that live peacefully here are regarded as infidels. However that doesn't justify our conduct. Supporting the war in Lebanon severly damaged US reputation, Abu Ghuraib damages US reputation, 186%increase in oil exports from Iraq damages our reputation, rape claims damage US reputation, using napalm in Iraq damages US reputation.

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