Sound familiar?
“Why of course the people don’t want war. … 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. … The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.” –Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, at the Nurember Trials after World War II
03/19/2003
The war has started…
Apparently this is not been reported in the mainstream press yet. According to This is LONDON. Reporters Robert Fox and David Taylor, Evening Standard…
British and American troops were involved in fierce fighting near Iraq’s main port today as the war to topple Saddam Hussein began.
The firefight broke out near Basra as men of the Special Boat Service targeted the strategically vital city and the oilfields in southern Iraq.
At the same time allied troops were flooding into the demilitarised zone on the Iraqi border with Kuwait 40 miles away to take up positions for an all-out invasion. Read more…