What would Hermann Göring say?

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I saw this cartoon by Way Lay on salon.com. Then entire Hermann Göring quote goes like this:

Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. 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. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

Pretty amazing! Can't you just see Rummy and Ashcroft whispering these words into W's ears? If you don't remember World War II propaganda, try googling for Hermann to see what I'm talking about. Oh, and go ahead and buy that Dixie Chicks CD, it's really good.

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