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[Mr_Jefferson_24]

Kerry's speech at Brown: The bottom line is simple: The "we'll do whatever it takes" administration doesn't have what it takes to get the job done.

Maybe. But I'd say it depends on how one defines "the job." If it's defined as bringing about the complete implosion of the U.S. economy for the purpose of tightening their stranglehold on power by irreparably weakening the people's ability to organize and take back the country, then they not only "have what it takes," they're already half way there. Here's the model they're following, courtesy of the fine folks at PNAC.

http://www.crisispapers.org/Editorials/germany-1933.htm

[livvy]

1. Some interesting reading.

I'd like to read the book mentioned, "Defying Hitler". I'll have to see if I can find it.
Scariest passages:
"How was it possible that there was not the slightest visible reaction from them" as Hitler, installed by the authorities as Chancellor, began slowly and then more quickly consolidating power and moving Germany from a democratic state to a totalitarian one?

All along the way, Hitler would propose or actually promulgate regulations that sliced away at German citizens' freedoms -- usually aimed at small, vulnerable sectors of society (labor unionists, communists, Jews, mental defectives, et al.) -- and few said or did anything to indicate serious displeasure. In the early days, on those rare occasions when there was concerted negative reaction, Hitler would back off a bit. And so the Nazis grew bolder and more voracious as they continued slicing away at civil society. Many Germans (including some of Hitler's original corporate backers) were convinced Nazism would collapse as it became more and more extreme; others chose denial. It was easier to look the other way.
Haffner saw what was starting to happen, but retreated into his law studies. Even while the Brownshirts were beating and killing people in the streets, the courts with which he worked remained a solid bulwark in defense of traditional democratic principles. And then one day, the Nazis simply marched into the Berlin court buildings and took over Germany's judicial system. Haffner was shaken to the core, but continued studying for his final exams."

[bryant69]

2. Confusion

What is this line supposed to indicate? "Here's the model they're following, courtesy of the fine folks at PNAC." Is this article written by PNAC? Or is that a supposition on your part, that the leaders of PNAC studied Hitler and are doing their best to follow his pattern?

Bryant
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[Mr_Jefferson_24]

3. The article/review is ...

...written by Bernard Weiner, not PNAC. I believe Bushco is following PNAC's plan for U.S. world domination, which I believe to be based, in part, on the same stategies/tactics used by the Nazi Party in Hitler's rise to dictatorial power. Sorry for the confusion.