(Originally posted to Iraq at
EraBlog on
Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:56:07 GMT)
A friend of Emma's
sent her a link to an article
by Thom Hartmann at Commondreams.org.
The 70th anniversary wasn't noticed in the United States, and was
barely reported in the corporate media. But the Germans remembered well
that fateful day seventy years ago - February 27, 1933. They
commemorated the anniversary by joining in demonstrations for peace
that mobilized citizens all across the world.
It started when the government, in the midst of a worldwide economic
crisis, received reports of an imminent terrorist attack. A foreign
ideologue had launched feeble attacks on a few famous buildings, but
the media largely ignored his relatively small efforts. The
intelligence services knew, however, that the odds were he would
eventually succeed. (Historians are still arguing whether or not rogue
elements in the intelligence service helped the terrorist; the most
recent research implies they did not.)
I'm not quite paranoid enough (yet) to buy the analogy, but the numerous
parallels are eerie and discomforting.
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