The Bush Playbook

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The Bush Playbook Revealed

This is revealing and highly disturbing. For those of you who have followed the last two national elections and recent events, and have seen what was done to Al Gore, to Clinton, and more recently what has been done to the United States, how could you not recognize the strategy employed by the Bushites and the Republican party? Look closely at the following shocking statements and compare the Bush strategies to the tactics used by another famous regime that attempted to rule the world. As you read these quotes think how these tactics are being applied regarding the war on Iraq, Saddam Heussein, the terrorist attack warnings, the American people and the push to sway public opinion in favor of preemptive strikes and violation of citizen's rights all in the name of national security and establishing an American world empire. I'm positive you can come up with many more examples. Also I have attached an article following this exercise that compares Bush to Hitler. I ask you, should we be concerned?

Tactic: "The efficiency of the truly national leader consists mainly of preventing the people's attention from
becoming divided, and of always concentrating it on a single enemy." - Adolf Hitler, 'Mein Kampf', published 1924

Example: When Osama bin Laden proved too elusive it was imperative to find another enemy that was easy to locate and defeat. Saddam and Iraq was it. Iran is likely next. North Korea poses too much of an immediate threat.

Tactic: "Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a
war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people
don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But,
after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people
can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
- Hermann Goering, President of the Reichstag, Nazi Party, and Luftwaffe Commander in Chief, from Gilbert, G.M. (1947). Nuremberg Diary, New York: Signet


Example: Multiple attempts by Bush & Co to paint Saddam Heussein as an immediate threat to America. This is being done through manipulation of data and fabricated proof, lies and innuendoes. As examples of the above, the unsubstantiated charge that Saddam gassed his own people which an American CIA political analyst says is not true and a host of other unproven allegations. Also, the regular terrorist alerts to keep Americans feeling afraid and threatened, and charges that those who oppose Bush are unpatriotic and treasonist. Continuing attempts to link Saddam Hussein with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda are paying off. Polls recently taken show over one third of Americans believe it was Iraqi terrorists on the planes that crashed into the WTC, etc. although none were Iraqi's and most were Saudi's. Repeat the lie, repeat the lie, repeat the lie.

Tactics: "By simplifying the thoughts of the masses and reducing them to primitive patterns, propaganda was able to present the complex process of political and economic life in the simplest terms. We have taken matters previously available only to experts and a small number of specialists, and have carried them into the street and hammered them into the brain of the little man." -Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda

"It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion." - Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda

Examples: The theological concept of good Vs evil is invoked by referring to the terrorists and Saddam as evildoers and by naming Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil". The corporate control of the media which is tied closely to and kowtows to the Bush administration. The corporate manipulation of polls and soon the electronic vote count process. Corporate America is on board with the Bush/Cheney/Wolfowitz/Perle/Rumsfeld plan for a one world empire and the corporate owned and controlled media is forced to go along. Michael Powell, son of "Turncoat" Colin Powell, was put in charge of the FCC and is in the process of removing restrictions so that a any media company can own all the media in any given market. This is unconscionable in a so-called free society.

Tactics: "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it people will eventually come to believe it." - Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda

"The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one, for they themselves often tell little lies but would be ashamed to tell a big one."
-Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf


"The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous." - Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf

Example: The lies told about Clinton and especially those about Al Gore during the election. he lies told about Iraq, the terrorists and all manner of things since. A concentrated and persistent effort to spread a lie will eventually take root and people quickly forget the truth. The bigger the lie the more traction it gets and once put in motion it takes on a life of it's own that cannot be dispelled or destroyed. The lie replaces the truth. Our history books are full of lies as are our airwaves and newspapers that give them credence. The ignorant masses trust that "they", being governing authority and the department of justice, would not allow lies to be perpetuated if they weren't true.

Tactics: "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the State."
- Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's minister of propaganda

Example: Warnings by members of the Bush administration that individuals "better watch what you say". Obvious attempts to suppress protests by roping off and containing protestors in "first amendment zone" out of site of Bush and the events he attends. The under-reporting or no coverage of protests, falsifying actual numbers of protestors participating. Lies to the people about critical security issues and a closed, secretive executive branch not allowing full disclosure of Bush administration activities behind closed doors. The failure of candidates and other persons in authority to squash and dispel lies that they stand to benefit from, etc., etc.

Tactics: "There was no point in seeking to convert the intellectuals. For intellectuals would never be converted and would anyway always yield to the stronger, 'and this will always be the man in the street.' Arguments must therefore be crude, clear and forcible, and appeal to emotions and instincts, not the intellect. Truth was unimportant and entirely subordinate to tactics and psychology...Hatred and contempt must be directed at particular individuals." - Dr Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Propaganda Minister-- The Goebbels Diaries, H. Trevor-Roper (ed)

"What luck for the rulers that men do not think." -Adolf Hitler

Targets: The Clintons, Gore, Daschle, Osama, Saddam, liberals, and anyone who criticizes Bush.

More Tactics:
"All propaganda must be so popular and on such an intellectual level, that even the most stupid of those towards whom it is directed will understand it. Therefore, the intellectual level of the propaganda must be lower the larger the number of people who are to be influenced by it." -Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf


"Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise." -Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf


"Nature is cruel; therefore we are also entitled to be cruel. When I send the flower of German youth into the steel hail of the next war without feeling the slightest regret over the precious German blood that is being spilled, should I not also have the right to eliminate millions of an inferior race that multiplies like vermin?" -Adolf Hitler, quoted in Hitler, by Joachim Fest


"A violently active, intrepid, brutal youth - that is what I am after... I will have no intellectual training. Knowledge is ruin for my young men." -Adolf Hitler quoted by John Gunther,The Nation

Example: Much of our all volunteer armed forces are made up of poorly educated men and women from low-income groups.

"My program for educating youth is hard. Weakness must be hammered away. In my castles of the Teutonic Order a youth will grow up before which the world will tremble. I want a brutal, domineering, fearless, cruel youth. Youth must be all that. It must bear pain. There must be nothing weak and gentle about it." - Hitler, 1933

The "Decree for the Protection of the People and the State,"has placed "Restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free _expression of opinion, including freedom of the press; on the rights of assembly and association; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscation as well as restrictions on property, are ... permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed." - Chancellor Adolph Hitler to German president Hindenburg, Feb. 28, 1933

"The Emergency Decree stated: "Restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free _expression of opinion, including freedom of the press; on the rights of assembly and association; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed." -The decree "for the Protection of the people and the State." (roughly translated as the "Patriot Act") of Chancellor Adolph Hitler

Example: The Patriot Act.

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IF YOU'RE NOT PARANOID, THEN YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION!
Bush and Hitler
Compare and Contrast
by WAYNE MADSEN

Adolf Hitler would be proud that an American President is emulating him in so many ways. Hitler, it will be remembered, routinely ignored his military, other world leaders, and the clergy. Bush seems to think that this policy, which ultimately failed for Hitler, will work for him.

First, we should consider what Christian leaders are saying about Bush.

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, Frank T. Griswold III, says "I'd like to be able to go somewhere in the world and not have to apologize for being from the United States" and blasts George W. Bush for his saber rattling. Apparently, poppy Bush, an Episcopalian, believes that the head of his church is wrong and his wayward son is right.

From the Vatican, Pope John Paul II fires a shot over the bow of the Bush administration by declaring, "war cannot be decided upon, even when it is a matter of ensuring the common good, except as the very last option and in accordance with very strict conditions."

In a television ad, the chief ecumenical officer of the United Methodist Church, Bishop Melvin Talbert, says that his fellow Methodist's rush to war "violates God's law and the teachings of Jesus Christ.''

The Anglican House of Bishops has warned, "without compelling new evidence to confirm that Iraq was stockpiling chemical or biological weapons, war could not be morally justified."

Bush, who, during one of the presidential debates, said his favorite philosopher was Jesus Christ, has apparently decided to ignore his teachings.

Maybe Bush has decided to turn away from Jesus Christ and instead seek Providence from a tequila bottle, as his State of the Union address with numerous examples of slurred speech would seem to indicate.

Bush, a so-called compassionate conservative and born-again Christian, can only find religious support from the same group of hackneyed pseudo-Christians, hate mongers, and religious cult leaders like Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Franklin Graham, and Sun Myung Moon. Bush opts for this band of zealots and ignores South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu who asked, "When does compassion, when does morality, when does caring come in?" His words fall on deaf ears in the Oval Office.

Content with ignoring the church, Bush has also decided to play with dynamite by ignoring some of America's top military minds.

One of them is retired General Norman Schwarzkopf, the military commander of Desert Storm. He told The Washington Post that he has yet to be fully convinced that war with Iraq is necessary. Schwarzkopf's comments mirror those of other retired top generals, including Anthony Zinni, Wesley Clark, John Shalikashvili, Brent Scowcroft, Joseph Hoar, and Merrill McPeak. Pentagon sources report that the obviously mentally ill Donald Rumsfeld threatened to fire some members of his Joint Chiefs of Staff for not supporting the war against Iraq. These included former Marine Corps Commandant and now NATO commander General James Jones and Army Chief of Staff General Erik Shinseki. Another recipient of Rumsfeld's wrath is the commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command General Charles Holland who Rumsfeld accused of having a "case of the slows" in carrying out Bush's war plans.

Pentagon sources report that morale among senior military commanders is at an all time low. Rumsfeld rubbed salt into open wounds when he ordered his "CINCs" (Commander-in-Chief) to drop that title, declaring that there is only one "commander-in-chief" and that is Bush. Neither did it help when Rumsfeld said military draftees never added any value to the service.

Pentagon sources report that some officers are digging out old message traffic that emanated from the Nixon White House in 1974 during the height of the Watergate crisis. One particular order from then Chief of Staff Al Haig stated that military commanders were to ignore any orders from Nixon unless they were authorized and co-signed by Haig. The fear then was that Nixon might have ordered a military move on the Congress during the impeachment hearings and cite national security as the reason for suspending the congressional proceedings against him.

In the end, however, Nixon understood the gravity of his constitutional responsibilities. He resigned. Bush, on the other hand, has done more to shred the Constitution than any of his predecessors.

Of course, there was once another fanatic war-possessed leader who tore up his constitution and routinely berated his generals and ignored their advice. On July 20, 1944, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg strode into a conference room in Hitler's Wolf's Lair compound with a briefcase bomb. Although the plot to rid the world of Hitler once and for all failed, it confirmed that a number of Germany's top generals, including its most famous, Erwin von Rommel, were strongly opposed to Hitler's fanaticism.

War making and saber rattling is not the only similarity of Bush to Hitler. The German leader, along with Joseph Goebbels, was also a master of propaganda. The Bush administration, obviously putting its propaganda arm, the White house Office of Global Communications, into full gear, convinced nine European leaders to take out an ad, billed as an 'article," in several European newspapers supporting the Bush administration. Some of the usual suspects signed on to the article, including Tony Blair, who, in addition to Barney and Spot, is Bush's favorite lap dog. But it is interesting to point out some of the other leaders who backed Bush. They include the Prime Ministers of Poland and Hungary and President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic. These countries, which joined NATO a few years ago with the provision that they buy billions of dollars of American warplanes, tanks, and other hardware, are virtual subsidiaries of America's military-industrial complex.

Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is only in power because of the support he receives from a rabidly anti-immigrant party that mirrors John Ashcroft's brand of conservatism. Italy's Silvio Berlusconi heads a party that has maintained strong links to Italy's neo-fascist movement whose founding father was Benito Mussolini. Likewise, the parties of Spain's Jose Maria Aznar and Portugal's Jose Barroso have historical links to the fascist movements of Francisco Franco and Antonio Salazar, respectively.

Bush's borrowing liberally from Hitler's play book was not lost on Germany's former Justice Minister Herta Daeubler-Gmelin, who last September said Bush wanted a war with Iraq to divert attention from domestic problems. She added, "That's a popular method. Even Hitler did that."

Bush, who is content to win the support of Pentagon stooges in Eastern Europe and neo-fascists elsewhere, has chosen to ignore people like former South African President Nelson Mandela who made no secret of his disgust for Bush when he declared at a women's forum, "One power with a president who has no foresight -- who cannot think properly -- is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust."

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who did more to bring peace to the world in a couple of years than either of the Bush's have done in two presidential terms, said last year that George W. Bush is a threat to world peace and that his plans to attack Iraq will destroy the international coalition in the war on terrorism. Former President Jimmy Carter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate warned that a pre-emptive US attack on Iraq would have catastrophic consequences.

Bush's disparaging of the United Nations, world opinion, and international statesmen is reminiscent of an April 28, 1939 speech by Hitler before the Reichstag:

"Members of the German Reichstag: The President of the United States of America has addressed a telegram to me, with the curious contents of which you are already familiar . . . The President of the United States believes that in conference rooms as in courts it is necessary that both sides enter in good faith, assuming that substantial justice will accrue to both. German representatives will never again enter a conference that is for them a tribunal . . . Mr. Roosevelt asks that assurances be given him that the German armed forces will not attack, and above all, not invade, the territory or possessions of the following independent nations. He then names as those to which he refers: Finland, Lithuania, Latvia,' Estonia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain , Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Russia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iraq, the Arabias, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Iran. I have first taken the trouble to ascertain from the states mentioned, firstly, whether they feel themselves threatened, and, what is most important, secondly, whether this inquiry by the American President was addressed to us at their suggestion or at least with their consent. The reply was in all cases negative, in some instances strongly so . . . I have reunited the territories that have been German throughout a thousand years of history-and, Mr. Roosevelt, I have endeavored to attain all this without bloodshed and without bringing to my people and so to others, the misery of war . . . For my world, Mr. President, is the one to which Providence has assigned me and for which it is my duty to work. Its area is much smaller. It comprises my people alone. But I believe I can thus best serve that which is in the hearts of all of us a*" justice, well-being, progress and peace for the whole community of mankind."

As Congress cheerfully applauded Bush's State of the Union address, the Reichstag gave Hitler a thunderous reception. Although Hitler's oratory skills were light years beyond Bush's, the two speeches had something extremely fundamental in common-- they were packed with lies.

Wayne Madsen is a Washington, DC-based investigative journalist and columnist. He wrote the introduction to Forbidden Truth.

Madsen can be reached at: WMadsen777@aol.com