Anyone with a remote inkling of the political spectrum of the United States can tell you that the Republican conservative movement is far more aligned with these brown shirts than the progressive peace movement.

This begs the question who really benefits from these thugs turning the war protest in Crawford into three ring circus. Who really benefits from the existence of these cretins generally. It would be interesting to investigate the deep background of these racist groups whose ideology and methodology are so repellent to the vast majority of Americans that they do not have a hope in hell of emerging from fringedom. Don’t get me wrong I think the majority of these people are ignorant psychopathic dyed in the wool racists and Nazis. I also believe that because of their hateful brand of extremism they could be attractive to anyone who wished manipulate and use them in a purposeful campaign of misdirection and disinformation. That is, they would make perfect Rovian foils. Or they could just as easily be used by the ADL or corporate war profiteers. As always one must ask who do these people and their behavior benefit in the world of realpolitik.

Is this “hot off the press”?

One comment early on in this thread equates skin-head neo-Nazis with Nazis. This doesn’t fit for me. If anything, the skin-heads appear to me to be closer to proto-brown-shirt enablers.

There was another posting that hits the nail on the head. Operation Paperclip did bring Nazis into the U.S. after World War 2. These were primarily scientists who could contribute to the growing and vastly profitable military/industrial complex. The U.S. government also co-opted many pro-Nazi, German intelligence operatives, turning them into active American intelligence operatives in the “Cold War” against the Soviet empire.

Why did members of our government sponsor this policy?

Perhaps we should first ask another question: Who in our government sponsored this policy?

W. Averil Harriman; the Dulles brothers; Prescott Bush. This short, parital list goes a long way in answering question No. 1. The fact is that these were the same people who supported the foundation of the German fascist party that became the scourge known as Nazi. These people were fascists themselves. After WW2, it was only natural to protect as many of the former German Nazis as possible and continue working to establishing the fascist state in America that had been their original intent.

During one of his political campaigns for President, George H. W. Bush had to do a fast two-step when the press learned and published the fact that a number of his backers in the Republican Party were former Nazis.

What we see taking place on the political scene in America is nothing new. The disturbing shift away from political discourse and toward the vitriolic “politics of personal destruction” is the public unmasking of an undercurrent that has existed in American politics that dates back to the 1930’s and even earlier. The hate-speak and Orwellian reframing of issues practiced by the talking heads of Rush Limbaugh’s ilk is indistinguishable from the propaganda spewed forth by Hitler’s minions in Germany in the period between the two world wars.

Is our current President bush a Nazi? Probably not. Is he a fascist? Yes. Is there any practical difference between a fascist and a Nazi? No, except the Nazis were the fascists my father and his brothers fought against in WW2, while the adherents of bush are the fascists I must fight today.

1) NEW FOX SHOW: “WHEN DITTOHEADS ATTACK REDNECKS”
“Ken Robinson, of Richardson, Texas, who described himself as a Vietnam veteran, was carrying a sign at a ‘You Don’t Speak for Me, Cindy!’ rally in Crawford. The sign read, ‘How to wreck your family in 30 days, by The Bitch in the Ditch Cindy Sheehan.’”

“Mr. Kristinn Taylor, an event organizer with (pro-Bush) FreeRepublic.com, heard about the (too extreme) sign and rushed up to Robinson. ‘This is our rally and you can’t do that here,’…Camera crews rushed in…Some of the crowd around Robinson came forward to shake his hand, while others chanted, ‘Idiot, go home.’…The two men then squared off and raised their voices. ‘Just get outta here!’ Robinson yelled, and AIMED A KICK AT TAYLOR’S MIDSECTION. Taylor called for security, and a young Woodway policeman quickly showed up…Robinson continued to protest loudly as police handcuffed him and led him away.”
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/08/28/20050828wacarrests.html

2) NEW FOX SHOW: “WHEN CHICKENHAWKS ATTACK HILLBILLIES”
“The pro-Bush, Crawford caravan was coordinated by Move America Forward…The crowd, which organizers said topped 3,000 but appeared closer to 1,500, chanted ‘Cindy, Go Home’ and compared her to Jane Fonda…In one heated moment, members of the pro-Bush crowd turned on what they MISTAKENLY thought were a group of anti-war protesters, CURSING THEM, THREATENING THEM, AND TEARING DOWN THEIR SIGNS. A police officer rushed the group to safety.”

Turns out the “anti-war” group was actually “The Protest Warriors,” a group of conservative extremists. Their signs said, in large block letters, “SAY NO TO WAR!” So the Bushies assaulted them. What the Bushies didn’t notice was the second message below, in smaller type, that said “Unless a Democrat is President.” The two sentences TOGETHER form an anti-Democrat message, but the overall effect was a botched, inadverdent message which appeared to say the OPPOSITE. So Bushies, reverting to their underlying psychopathic form, literally attacked members of their own team. Here’s a photo of the Bushies trashing the signs:
http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2005/08/splitters-before-we-bring-up-oops.html
PRECIOUS!!! YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!

Way to go, Barry!