I have no love for Buchanan, but what is wrong with that analysis of Hitler? I'm unfamiliar with Hitler's record as a solider so perhaps that part is incorrect, I'm unsure. He certainly was an excellent political organizer and orator. Did you not like the bit where he says "weakness masquerading as morality"? That does sound a bit like he is praising Hitler's amoral ruthlessness but at the same time that analysis might be spot on. I think it is true that politicians routinely use morality as a masquerade, though I'm more familiar with the morality used to mask ruthlessness, not weakness.
Judah On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > The US had no formal alliance with Britain, France or Poland at the > time (1941). > > Here's how Buchanan referred to Hitler: > > [Hitler] was also an individual of great courage, a soldier's soldier > in the Great War, a political organizer of the first rank, a leader > steeped in the history of Europe, who possessed oratorical powers that > could awe even those who despised him...Hitler's success was not based > on his extraordinary gifts alone. His genius was an intuitive sense of > the mushiness, the character flaws, the weakness masquerading as > morality that was in the hearts of the statesmen who stood in his > path. > > Patrick Buchanan: A lesson in tyranny too soon forgotten, Chicago > Tribune August 25, 1977, Section 3, page 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307546 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
