"Why, of course, the people don't want war. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders . . . All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of
patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
Was it Bush Jr? Dick Cheney? John Ashcroft?
Click the 'read more' link to find out which top government figure said it.
-- Hermann Goering, at the Nuremberg war-crimes tribunal
Posted by Max at April 14, 2003 02:11 AM | TrackbackWhat a super quote. So sweet that the technique still works. Anyone got any out-of-date perfume to send to Baghdad to be disguised as a poison gas cache question mark (sorry I'm in Brussels ang the keyboards here are all over the place -- it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, but it takes every muscle in your upper body to type an @ sign here).
Posted by: Tim on April 15, 2003 09:01 AM
