Comments on: Richard Perle Projects Nazism on the Arab World http://mondoweiss.net/2007/04/charlie_rose_as.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Sun, 27 May 2012 20:37:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Klaus Bloemker http://mondoweiss.net/2007/04/charlie_rose_as.html/comment-page-1#comment-72528 Klaus Bloemker Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/04/24/charlie_rose_as.html#comment-72528 <p>Germany's Third Reich/Hitlerism is always a convenient model to frame a morally 'unbeatable' - though idiotic - argument.<br /> - Hitler's recruited and equipped a huge army to conquer half of Europe. How does Arafat's PLO or Hamas' gunmen compare to that?</p> <p>Not only is Germany's past but also its post-WWII present a convenient model. 'Look at Germany, we successfully rebuild it democratically after Hitler's dictatorship - we will do the same with Iraq after Saddam.' That's what Rumsfeld said before invading Iraq. A culturally idiotic argument to begin with.</p> <p>Klaus </p> Germany's Third Reich/Hitlerism is always a convenient model to frame a morally 'unbeatable' – though idiotic – argument.
- Hitler's recruited and equipped a huge army to conquer half of Europe. How does Arafat's PLO or Hamas' gunmen compare to that?

Not only is Germany's past but also its post-WWII present a convenient model. 'Look at Germany, we successfully rebuild it democratically after Hitler's dictatorship – we will do the same with Iraq after Saddam.' That's what Rumsfeld said before invading Iraq. A culturally idiotic argument to begin with.

Klaus

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