Posted on 04/15/2003 7:02:22 AM PDT by Maryland Freedom
Here is an unbelievable posting from a German on a bulletin board system that I read as part of my industry. Since it is bad enough for him to interrupt a business bulletin board with such stupidity, I felt I had to share this.
===================================================== FROM joernlucht@gmx.net
Dear MIM listers,
Today I have had a conversation with a Danish client who stated that George W. Bush is the most dangerous man since Adolf Hitler!
Me, being a German who is very well aware of European History, feel that
I have to make a few comments (not to change anything but to be able to tell my grand children that I was not just watching).
I know some of you will feel this may not be the right forum, but if you
ask anyone who survived the Holocaust you will learn that there is nothing like a "wrong" forum. And, If the hosts of this forum decide to remove me from this list because I am un-patriotic than I really have something to be proud of!
Right now we are witnessing a crusade against people who do not share our Christian views and values.
The Bush Administration has destroyed Afghanistan (luckily there have been no civilians in Afghanistan - everybody in Afghanistan was either a
Bin Laden follower (spell Terrorist) or a Taliban (spell Terrorist Supporter) - no problem to bomb them back to stone age and kill thousands of children, mothers and fathers who "maybe" have been "terrorists" or "maybe" have been harbouring terrorists.
The Bush Administration has been taking prisoners with a "non-combatant"
status who are held in caves worth than German Nazi Konzentration Camps on Cuba and deny them any rights that are usually granted by the Geneva Convention of 1949.
The Bush Administration has invaded and conquered Iraq in a way that almost every expert of international law calls an "unjustified aggression" and is going to establish a US military regime (very democratic!)
The Bush Administration is now focussing on Syria as the next country to
be "liberated".
Now, if you take the hassle to look into European History you will see that History is repeating itself. Nazi Germany occupied Poland (Afghanistan) without any objection. Then came the Netherlands (Iraq), Bulgaria (Syria) and France (Iran). Only when Nazi Germany started to go
after the United Kingdom (Saudi Arabia) the international community decided to stop this imperial attempt.
Today we have the US leading the pack and the UK (who have a long history of being kicked their asses in the middle east), Spain (amazing because Spain has been a neutral country ever since the 1700's), Denmark
(who has a rich history of saving Jews from Nazi Germany) and Poland (who joint because just they want GI bases in Poland to power up their economy) are going after people who have slightly different believes, a different colour and a very different culture in their home country.
It is one thing to kick Muslims out of your country. Going after them in
their home country is a totally different story.
Well, what do you expect from a country that has been build on killing the natives (Indians) by a bunch of refugees and small time criminals who have not been able to make a living in good old Europe?
The "Coalition of the willing" lists countries like Afghanistan, East Tibor and Nigeria (and a couple of "new Europe" countries who can be happy if they are allowed into the European Union). The most amazing thing is that Turkey down turned a $20 billion offer in order to allow the passing of US troops - seems like you can't buy everything!.
The Bush Administration has been successful in passing the "Patriotic Act" - Try that in in any European Country and you will have virtually everybody on the street - Nobody in Europe will give away his individual
rights only because their might be a terrorist placing a bomb somewhere (and to make this very clear: The Trade Tower Incident caused some 3,000
victims - at least 30,000 people have been killed in "terrorist acts" since 9/11).
BTW: Who determines what is a terrorist act and what is a freedom fight?
Take a look a Israel, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Columbia, Nigeria, Kenya, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Cyprus etc...
What this all has to do with our industry? - Meetings and Travelling needs stability. In a world that is driven by being afraid (if you spend
to much time on the website of the US State Department you are not going
to travel anywhere - According to the US State Department, almost every country around the world is a scary place - This includes Australia, Great Britain, Germany and France) the most noble effect of meetings are
jeopardized - generating multi-cultural understanding by meeting face to
face and following overall interests.
The Bush Administration is putting an enormous effort into telling Americans that you are not save anywhere. Certainly not abroad and not even at home. Hermann Goering (Nazi German Propaganda Minister) in his court trial 1949: "Your people are going to follow you everywhere if you
have them scared enough".
My wish for 2003? Americans stop being afraid and get rid of George W. Bush and his neo-conservative crowd.
As somebody said: "Who is going to protect us from the US." Bush has plenty of weapons of mass destruction at his hands and the US have a history of using them (Hiroshima). Furthermore the US have a rich history of using conventional military force to reach their objectives (Grenada, Panama etc.).
The US is neglecting civil rights (Mr. Hawash - an Intel Corporation employee - detained 2 weeks ago by a search warrant and a material witness warrant who are both sealed - no one knows what evidence was used to attain them, and they have yet to be challenged in court - BTW: Hawash is an American citizen with an American wife and three American children).
Well, the lesson to be learned is simple. As soon as you have nuclear weapons, you are save (see North Korea). What if the French or Russian leaders or any "laid off" scientist decides to give nuclear weapons to Iran or Syria in order to keep Bush down at first base?
I certainly hope that the American people will not follow Bush into Armageddon and get rid of him as soon as possible.
Right now there is still a lot of passion about America in good old Europe but if America keeps following the road Bush has paved that is most certainly going to change. Being afraid because of condition orange
(sounds almost like Agent Orange) is clouding the ability to think and from an European view the actions America is taking look hysterical. I sure hope you are able to overcome this challenge.
Joern Lucht Berlin, Germany
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