Gott mit uns

October 22, 2004 2:45 PM

Gott mit uns: On Bush and Hitler’s rhetoric. But if you ever wondered where Bush got his idea for so-called “faith-based initiatives” you need only consult Hitler’s January 30, 1939 speech to the Reichstag. The Fuhrer begins, “Amongst the accusations which are directed against Germany in the so-called democracy is the charge that the National Socialist State is hostile to religion.” Hitler stated in February 1940, “But there is something else I believe, and that is that there is a God. . . . And this God again has blessed our efforts during the past 13 years.” After the Iraqi invasion, Palestinian leaders reported that Bush told them, “God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did . . . .” Bush spin doctors claimed that it was merely bad translation.
posted by skallas (3 comments total)

SO BUSH=HITLER? OKAY, GOT IT.
posted by brownpau at 2:51 PM on October 22, 2004

No, you don't get it. This is not the first post this week to make a similar comparison with poor results. Things like this hurt the cause you espouse. But it's more important to be right than to do what's right, right?
posted by yerfatma at 2:55 PM on October 22, 2004

what is the right thing?
posted by matteo at 2:56 PM on October 22, 2004