Are you trying to stir **** up again or do you actually believe the dribble that is coming out of your brain into the computer? Bush like Hitler? This war is like WWII? Our troops are Nazis?Hitler was trying to annihilate an entire race of human beings. Not control or manipulate; annihilate. Hitler was trying to conquer Europe, and would not have stopped there. Bush, with congress' approval, has sent troops to invade one country. Hitler’s goal was domination. We are not trying to take over Iraq. The leaders of the countries Hitler invaded were not killing civilians that opposed them. Bush began a war with a country that had been oppressed for a long time; One that posed a threat to the US. Our soldiers are not going around murdering civilians. Actually, most of the population is glad we are there. I don't think Hitler could say the same about the countries he invaded.
So far, there were a few questionable pictures taken, and one enemy soldier died during interrogation. I hardly think that can be compared to **** concentration camps.
In short, anyone comparing a US President to Hitler, and US soldiers to Nazis can go **** themselves.
Tori,
You're young, never been in the military, and still quite ignorant of how the US military and political machine works so I can't hold it against you but I want you to consider something...
How many people have to be tortured to death or die while in custody of the United States Government in orrder for you to consider it something worht paying attention to? 1, 5, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000? What's the magic number for you to wake you up and cause you to think?
Just try a Google search for "killed or dead in US custody" and the numbers are staggering.; at least to me, and far more than 1.
Hitler wanted to conquer Europe? Hmm.
FACT:
According to the Department of Defense publication, "Active Duty Military Personnel Strengths by Regional Area and by Country, the United States has troops in 135 countries.
Here is the list:
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Antigua
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote D’lvoire
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovenia
Spain
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
This means that the United States has troops in 70 percent of the world’s countries.
The average American could probably not locate half of these 135 countries on a map.
To this list could be added regions like the Indian Ocean territory of Diego Garcia, Gibraltar, and the Atlantic Ocean island of St. Helena, all still controlled by Great Britain, but not considered sovereign countries.
Greenland is also home to U.S. troops, but is technically part of Denmark.
Troops in two other regions, Kosovo and Hong Kong, might also be included here, but the DOD’s "Personnel Strengths" document includes U.S. troops in Kosovo under Serbia and U.S. troops in Hong Kong under China.
Possessions of the United States like Guam, Johnston Atoll, Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands are likewise home to U.S. troops. Guam has over 3,200.
Hitler would be so proud of us!
I am amazed at how people so casually dismiss any comparison of current events to **** Germany as being overdramatic or blown out of proportion. Quite to the contrary, they are not. It was this attitude of "it's not really like that" which allowed the Nazis to come to power and form the Fascist state it was in the first place.
People who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Don't delude yourself into thinking that the US isn't capable of deteriorating into a Fascist state. All it takes is one step at a time, inconspicuous or at least, defensible plausibility.
What happens when a "terrorist" bomb detonates in the Senate killing a majority of Senators and Congressmen? Does the President declare "emergency" powers for himself? Just like Hitler...1...2...3... It's that easy. Don't kid youself.
So, did you come up with that number I asked you about in the top of this post? How many step into the darkness must we take before we are lost to it?