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No offense but I've heard that spiel from that generation of Germans before. “We had no idea Hitler would...’’(fill in the blank). For Heavens sake the man went on loud and long about what he intended to do and what he had in store for the Jews of Germany and the rest of the world for that matter. The German people in general and most notably the aristocracy had no love for democracy or the Wiemar Republic and while in election after election the Nazis were always a minority party Hitler was backed by the industrialists and most of the Junkers, someone had to pay for the beer. And yes, burning the Reichstag was the nail in the coffin but even after that Hitler could have been stopped. If the march into the Sudeten Land had been opposed by Britain and France the German General Staff was prepared to depose Hitler. To some degree there's a kernel of truth in what this person is saying, in that the well-organized Nazi propaganda machine under Goebbels and the party's appeal to virtually every class with promises of a "New Order'' and pie-in-the sky the German people went along with it. They weren't stupid. If so many of them were against Hitler how in the world did the man come to power?

My thought is - can we stop what Obama is doing? Look how hard that is.

I had a friend who as a child lived through Germany in WWII. She said “what could we do?” The Nazi’s had all the meaningful power. And of course there were many who profited, or thought they would, or just looked the other way - just like here now...where the country is looted and trashed and there are all too many willing to profit or are too complacent or beaten down to try to fight it. And then there people like us - used to being called wing-nuts and marginalized - at least for now.

But the point here is the radicals overrule the “peaceful”....and those who refer to peaceful Muslims have an empty argument.

Because so many underestimated the Nazis. Dr. Tanya said that he thought that they were just a bunch of buffoons who would never gain power, so he no doubt believed that he could afford to ignore them.

Simple. He lied. Ever hear of “Hope and Change”?

Hitler never got a majority of the vote in anything like a fair election.

Once he took power, he kept consolidating it. Sound familiar?

Think of Hugo Chavez and what happened to Venezuela.

You do not need a majority of you control the media.