On military Recruiting......

[Lt.Dan]

"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back in one piece.Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. 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, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, 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

 

[SanJose]

Well since a noted pyschopath like Goering said it, it's obvious that the Republican Party must have been following his plans all along. By the way Lt. Dan, this is a closely paraphrased quote that is only about 90% accurate. The actual quote was taken from the Nuremburg Trials and is almost verbatim, but not quite.

By the way, this quote "swings both ways"