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The Problem With Invoking Nazi Germany

I just finished writing an in-depth piece based Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement, "It's 1938 and Iran is Germany.” The more I heard this, I was ashamed at how low Netanyahu stooped just to sell a war with Iran. In all the fear-mongering propagandist chatter the Israeli politicians have been spitting like a fountain, I have yet to hear anyone ask the big question: “I wonder what Germans are thinking of this comparison?”    …more

UPDATE: It seems moderate Germans were busy on Saturday (11-18-06) holding an anti-nazi rally. This indeed is a positive thing to see, in light of another pro-nazi rally that was held at the same time. The fact these pro-nazi rallies even have the power to take shape in our day and age speaks to the growing discontentment of a segment in the population. Ideas die hard, which only goes to show the more you reinforce a negative image, the faster it will grow.
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