The Belgian Corporal

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Tom Gresham read that on Gun Talk on Sunday, and compared it to Waco, Ruby Ridge, and some incidents where Police over reacted to unconfirmed reports by informants, a later caller had a similar story his father had witnessed during the Occupation.

The point was for the people who say. "Oh, that would NEVER happen here", it ALREADY HAS, Waco, Ruby Ridge, New Orleans after Katrina, Every state in the union has had cases of police raids killing innocents, often in the WRONG LOCATION, or based on unverified reports by paid informants.
People who say "Our Troops, and OUR Cops, would NEVER do THAT. " are living in a dream world that ignores the reality, our troops and our cops ALREADY do that, many are fine men and women caught in the middle, but when push comes to shove they will follow their orders to protect their paycheck and Constitution be damned.

Tom,
I think you hit on a very important point here- NAZI Germany can come to America if the citizens allow it. When one thinks about what happened in Germany it really boggles the mind. Other than the obvious stuff, how did a society of intelligent people who contributed to science and art become ensnared in an evil and twisted philosophy?

I don't know if any saw the show on the History Channel about how the occupied countries in the east were divided but it was very interesting. For those who don't know, they were divided into three zones, A, B, and C (if I remember correctly). And guess who Hitler put in charge of these zones? A professor (economist I think), a lawyer and someone else of high stature in society. The point is he took the "best and the brightest" and had them manage his slavery empire.

This comes from the Bible: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9. This kinda says it all.....

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Tom,
I think you hit on a very important point here- NAZI Germany can come to America if the citizens allow it. When one thinks about what happened in Germany it really boggles the mind. Other than the obvious stuff, how did a society of intelligent people who contributed to science and art become ensnared in an evil and twisted philosophy?

I don't know if any saw the show on the History Channel about how the occupied countries in the east were divided but it was very interesting. For those who don't know, they were divided into three zones, A, B, and C (if I remember correctly). And guess who Hitler put in charge of these zones? A professor (economist I think), a lawyer and someone else of high stature in society. The point is he took the "best and the brightest" and had them manage his slavery empire.

This comes from the Bible: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9. This kinda says it all.....

Originally the leadership of the Nazi party was composed of good middle managers and administrators, They started with horrendous problems in the Wiemar Republic, a defeated nation, outside control of the military, a crushing debt due to the war reparations demanded by the treaty of Versailles, History making inflation and Soviet inspired and supported Revolutionaries.
At each stage the Nazi leadership implemented things that "Seemed like good ideas at the time", With exception of opressing the Jews no single decision was actually "bad" but the cumulative effect of the mass lead to horrors that STILL make people shudder.
How could "Normal" Germans support them ? EASILY !, they brought stability, ended the lawlessness of the Communists, restored National pride, and got the economy working again.
Political Prisoners ? Concentration Camps ? Wars ?  Oh well, you can't make an omelet with out breaking a few eggs.
With the combination of "The Jew" to take all the blame, and the excuse that "it's for the good of the people" coupled with the adoration bestowed on Hitler, until it became obvious that the war was lost the average Germans  supported every action the Nazis took.