An American Holocaust - Are You Ready?

A few years ago, I would have laughed at the Question: "Can a Holocaust occur in the U.S.?" I don't laugh at such questions anymore....Not since the Tea Party came into existence!.....not since Sarah Palin became an American Idol!....And certainly not since the American public twice elected George Bush president (for several years, I mistakenly believed both elections were stolen....that would have been better)!

But no, the Bush elections were apparently honest elections and the naive American public actually embraced the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, and George Bush (not to mention Rush Limbaugh).

How far this country has fallen. The Chinese are laughing at us as they whiz by while making comments like "You Americans eat too many hamburgers." The oil-rich Arabs are also laughing at us while buying up for peanuts the infrastructure of our near-bankrupt states and cities.

Let's face it...This is not America's finest generation. Can a Holocaust event occur with this generation? The answer is yes although I can't picture an actual physical roundup of undesirables as occurred with Jews in World War 2 Germany. Certainly, there won't a roundup of African-Americans who might be considered by some as one of the obvious targets. They are simply too street-smart to allow such an event to happen. And the extreme right-wingers who are the villains in this piece are not looking for a fight....they are too cowardly for that! In World War 2, Hitler and the Nazi were not gutless and the Jewish people were not street-smart. So Hitler and his gang of toughs had an easy path for their Holocaust.

No, an American Holocaust of the present time would likely be an attack by the upper economic classes on the lower economic classes, on liberals of all economic classes, and on all pro-government entities. Of course, the upper economic classes (upper 5 - 10 % of the population) would be assisted by large numbers of the middle and lower classes who are simple-mined enough to do anything to be on what they perceive to be the winning side.

An American Holocaust of the present time would likely seek to virtually destroy the existing economic system so that our part-socialist, part-capitalist system could be replaced by a pure capitalistic system controlled 100% by extreme conservatives. Social security, medicare and individual rights would largely be out the window.

Are you ready for an American Holocaust?

Is Iraq War Comparable to World War 2

Many conservatives justify the ongoing Iraq War by comparing it to World War 2. Their argument is that, if Hitler had been stopped in the 30's rather than being appeased, World War 2 might have been prevented.

So, the conservatives believe that, in 2003, Saddam Hussein was equivalent to Hitler in the 30's. If the U.S. had not acted in 2003 to unseat Saddam Hussein, then Saddam could have become a Hitler-sized danger to the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Like Hitler, like Saddam!! Like Germany, like Iraq!! Or so the logic of the conservatives goes.

Hence, the Iraq War which has been raging longer than the U.S. was in World War 2.

Summary: Saddam Hussein vs. Hitler. The above comparison equilibrating the threat of Saddam Hussein to the threat of Hitler is pure baloney in my opinion. In comparison to the great Satan, Hitler, Saddam Hussein was the great clown.

Even if you throw in Osama Bin Laden into the mix with Saddam, you don't have the threat of a Hitler. Although both Saddam and Osama are (were) bad dudes, neither Saddam nor Osama deserve the attention they have been given. The mad genius, Hitler, who was responsible for the death of 50,000,000 people, deserved every bit of the attention he received.

Germany & Iraq Comparison. And to compare the Iraq of 2003 with the Germany of the late 30's...Germany was one of the most advanced nations, technologically speaking, on the face of the earth. Iraq, while ahead of most third world nations, was not a technologically advanced nation. Motivation for war in Iraq was low in 2003 while Hitler's Germany was teeming with resentment over Germany's treatment after World War 1.

Population-wise, Germany had a population of 70,000,000 highly-educated, united people behind him while Iraq had a total population of only 25,000,000 and that population was relatively poorly educated and badly divided by religion.

And they compare Germany and Iraq!!

In the next post, I will cover the military elements of Germany compared to Iraq. Was Hitler a great military leader? Saddam was not!