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03-26-2003, 06:35 PM

Do you think I don't know that? And what chance do you think Bush would have of actually pulling off a stunt of militarily controlling the nation like that in one so firmly built on democracy as the US?

Sure, his actions (as other presidents actions) could lead the US a WWIII, but even in that event, he won't have absolute power.

Remember your checks and balances? Nobody is checking him in Congress right now because they're all afraid of losing public support... that's exactly why he's getting his way for now. The moment you see Bush trying to pull off his own holocaust, there will be tens of millions if not over a hundred million people who will protest his actions, call for his impeachment, resign their positions in protest, refuse to follow orders in the military, and most certainly contest him with a rival politician.

Germany had 2 reasons it lead to a facist dictator.

1. The Treaty of Versallies left Germany in shambles, the Great Depression didn't do anything to help, and here's you a nice statistic, one American Dollar had a value of 6 million German marks at one time because of the kind of inflation that was caused. People were desperate... if you think that the 10% of Americans out of work during the Great Depression was bad, try looking at how Germany was doing at the same time. It was ENORMOUSLY worse. This is the first reason people started looking for alternatives for answers... someone who would restore the prestige of Germany to its pre-WWI condition.

2. Germany was a newly founded democracy. Hitler, although attaining his power through political means, quickly instated a draft and returned Germany to the military dictatorship many citizens were familiar with and trusted.

Right now, America has been a democracy for over 200 years and has the worlds strongest economy. If Bush were to try to rule the nation with the military, IMMEDIATELY there would be political opponents calling for his impeachment. Clinton nearly got removed from office over adultery, and that would be NOTHING as opposed to attempting to sieze absolute power and destroy the Constitution.

You're getting much too carried away with this war... Iraq is a 5th world nation, not something like France was, which had a military nearly the size of the Germans when it was invaded, and if its government/military had chosen to fight, may have repulsed the German onslaught with a hasty counter-attack.

But please, don't even take my word for it, watch a video clip of one of Hitler's speaches to his Nazi party. I've seen these before, and he accuses Jews, Communists, and the Treaty of Versaillies for Germany's condition. George Bush can't even rival that, and I fail to recall the last time Bush has advocated the extermination of a religious group, opposing politicians, and "weak, inferior" people of the Americas.

When he does make that leap, you can bet your arse he won't be around much longer.

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