] When Bush and his PR team tell you to be afraid, or Ari
] Fleisher tells you to watch what you say, remember the
] revealing words spoken by Herman Goering during the
] Nuremberg trials:
]
] "Of course the people don't want war... That is
] understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the
] country who determine the policy, and it's always a
] simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a
] democracy, 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 pacifists for lack of
] patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works
] the same in any country."
]
] -- Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's Deputy Chief and
] Luftwaffe Commander, at the Nuremberg trials, 1946 from
] "Nuremberg Diary" by G M Gilbert (Signet, New York,
] 1947).