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| Wretchard : The persistence of evil |
| 2008-10-28 |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #5 The great irony of the assassination was that Hitler would have likely killed him soon, himself. Hitler was intensely paranoid about his lieutenants, and was careful to only surround himself with "defectives", individuals who were physically or psychologically crippled. Then, he created overlapping authority and irrational authority. After the bomb plot, Hitler's paranoia became intense. Heydrich was unique among Hitler's lieutenants because he was not a freak. His only flaw was a persistent rumor that he had Jewish ancestry, a flaw that made him Hitler's favorite, once it had been disproven. However, he kept amassing power. And that was a deadly mistake. His death was very convenient to Hitler, and Hitler made the most of it. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-10-28 19:23 |
| #4 That's one compelling reason, Besoeker. There's another one at the foot of Manhattan. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-10-28 19:09 |
| #3 My reason for not voting for the SOB is right HERE! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-10-28 18:02 |
| #2 Even today it is common to hear that there was never a bad peace or a good war. Better Red than Dead. The West’s aversion to fighting, even against evil, stems from the certainty that resistance will bring punishment. And that punishment will be visited, as at Lidice, on the innocent and the children. It is the inescapability of reprisal that makes the public willing to take a chance on “getting along” rather than endure the inevitable response even to justified resistance. . . . No one wants to get in the playpen with bad guys. Almost anything but that. We remember the Anthropoids today only because the Soviet Army and the Western Allies of the time were willing to generate more violence against the Third Reich than it could generate against them. If Hitler had won the war, Benes would have been the goat. Well, give it time and he will be the goat still. Dennis Kucinich’s proposed new Department of Peace and Nonviolence will convince us all that resistance, if not futile, opens all of us up to reprisal. That’s called the Cycle of Violence. This is why I am not voting for Obama. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-10-28 17:30 |
| #1 Yes. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-10-28 15:26 |
