"All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked"

[kpete]

It's Easy:

:large

and it works:

[hobbit709]

1. My mother said after 9/11 that the Nazis wished their propaganda was as effective as today's.

She oughta know, living under Hitler from 1938-45.

[Fuddnik]

30. Well, the Nazis did pick it up, second hand from us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/bernprop.html

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Feeding

It's a favorite Republican tactic.

[Android3.14]

3. Works every time

And it transcends party affiliation.

[azmom]

41. +1

[JonathanRackham]

51. +1

I see it at my union meetings all the time.

[Buzz Clik]

4. EDIT: the author of the OP clarified her point

so I'm deleting my comment.

[hobbit709]

5. Are the people in Paris running around panicking like a flock of scared chickens?

[mountain grammy]

6. They seem to have the ability to know the difference between terrorists and refugees.

At this point, they appear much more sane, rational, and humanitarian than Americans, in my opinion.

[Buzz Clik]

8. I see. So your OP was directed strictly at people in the US.

Even though the quote was from a European.

It's clear now.

[hobbit709]

9. I didn't know my user name was Kpete. Not my OP.

[Buzz Clik]

12. But you answered for her

What the hell ever.

[hobbit709]

13. I answered YOUR reply to my post.

Reading comprehension fail.

[Punkingal]

7. it was real, but they aren't acting totally crazy

[Fast Walker 52]

10. War is a racket

We have to fight the evils powers that constantly push for war.

[JonathanRackham]

52. Irony?

Original quote by a Marine. Major General Smedley Butler.

[nxylas]

11. Has anyone fact-checked this quote?

So many bogus quotes on the Internet that I like to be sure.

[hobbit709]

14. Here you go.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp

[atreides1]

15. Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp

[DFW]

17. This is probably Göring's most famous quote of all

In case you want the original: "Natürlich, das einfache Volk will keinen Krieg […] Aber schließlich sind es die Führer eines Landes, die die Politik bestimmen, und es ist immer leicht, das Volk zum Mitmachen zu bringen, ob es sich nun um eine Demokratie, eine faschistische Diktatur, um ein Parlament oder eine kommunistische Diktatur handelt. […] Das ist ganz einfach. Man braucht nichts zu tun, als dem Volk zu sagen, es würde angegriffen, und den Pazifisten ihren Mangel an Patriotismus vorzuwerfen und zu behaupten, sie brächten das Land in Gefahr. Diese Methode funktioniert in jedem Land." - Interview mit Gustave Gilbert in der Gefängniszelle, 18. April 1946, Nürnberger Tagebuch (1962; Originalausgabe: "Nuremberg Diary" 1947)

In English-speaking circles, that one is even more famous than his "Meier" quote early on in the war: "Wenn auch nur ein feindliches Flugzeug unser Reichsgebiet überfliegt, will ich Meier heißen!" (If just one enemy plane flies over the territory of the Reich, then my name is Meier!--a LOT of Germans were making some nasty "Meier" jokes before the war ended)

By the way, one of THE best movies about the senseless of war was a German film from the 1950s: "Die Brücke (The Bridge)." Just brilliant. The regional commandant knows the war will be over in a few days, and orders "no unnecessary deaths." A bunch of gung-ho teenage boys are called up, and can't wait to get into uniform, grab their guns and save the Reich. Their parents are horrified. They are ordered to guard a bridge, which turns out to be the bridge over a small stream running through their home village. Instead of no unnecessary deaths....well you can guess the rest. It does not end well.

[nxylas]

22. Thanks to everyone who replied.

I've been cautious about this sort of thing ever since I first read that fake quote from Julius Caesar that did the rounds shortly after 9/11 and thought "that doesn't sound like Shakespeare".

[DFW]

25. Like they say here in Germany

Vertrauen ist gut. Kontrolle ist besser.

(Trust is good, verification is better)

[geek tragedy]

35. "The problem with Internet quotes is that you very often can't verify their authenticity"

Abraham Lincoln

[louis-t]

37. Nice!

[WhoIsNumberNone]

36. That's not a bogus quote

He said it during his deposition at the Nuremberg Trial. I've also read it in more than one book. I can see how one might think it could be bogus because it so perfectly describes the BushCo response to 9/11, and it was around that time that this quote started getting attention again. I've always said the Republicans learned a great deal from the Nazis.

[napkinz]

16. K&R

[nyabingi]

18. This statement was and is true

Both al-Qa'ida and ISIS were created and established with guidance from the CIA, who recruited and armed these religious fanatics to fight against enemies the American public wouldn't quite get behind openly fighting with the US military.

After 9/11 and the blatant and unbelievable lies the US government told about them, it's very clear to see that even though we've been using these extremists to fight covert wars for us (in Afghanistan in the 80's, Syria now), they also serve as the designated perpetrators when a terrorist attack is staged. Why stage false flag terrorist attacks? Because it's the best way to drum of public fear and anxiety and justify the routing of more public dollars into the defense/security industry and the many corporations that benefit as a result.

If anyone has seen the movie "V for Vendetta", you will get a fictional picture of how easily a government can stage attacks against its own people, blame the designated enemy, cow the public into obedience, and make war and profit. The movie is a fictional reenactment of a 9/11-type attack and features a mask-wearing hero "V" who fights to uncover the plot. It inspired hacker group Anonymous and is a good movie to see.

If people would simply understand how easily our government can tell us damn near anything and have us believe it, then they'd be angry and on the White House lawn with pitchforks.

[CJCRANE]

29. You are the quiet sensible voice in the crowd. Your post gets to the true meaning of the quote

in the OP.

All the partisan back and forth, cynical on one side and sympathetic on the other, is still based on a false narrative, as you point out.

[Alkene]

54. Thank you.

Your post is an island of sanity.

[SoapBox]

19. wow...

If only we could spread this all over the place.

[randys1]

26. My thoughts exactly. Do those being manipulated realize they are, if not then we are

obligated to tell them.

I feel the same obligation here as I do with voting rights.

When you republicans read that quote, and look around and what is happening, do you at least stop for a second?

I know you are reading this.

[sabrina 1]

45. Use the Social Media buttons at the bottom of the OP. That helps get it around, especially if

everyone does it!

[malthaussen]

20. One of the ironies of history...

... Goring was ridiculed so much by the Allies as a point of policy (not that he didn't give plenty of ammunition), that we tend to forget he was actually a pretty smart cookie.

-- Mal

[snort]

32. Mal, I've come to the

conclusion that it is a mistake to conflate smart with clever. I think its entirely possible for a person to be quite clever but not particularly bright. I've known a few, and some smart ones who couldn't MacGyver if they had to. Maybe this is why we have flash in the pan celebrities as well.

[NuttyFluffers]

34. cunning. we even apply it to animals.

no higher thought processes needed, just good instinct and drive.

[McKim]

21. My Exact Thoughts

This is what I watched unfold on my TV screen. It is like 9/11 all over again. PTSD anyone? I feel like I am back there watching another horror movie. The media are sure stirring it up. It seems well orchestrated. ISIS is laughing.

[elleng]

23. Right, and repugs have been doing it ever since.

[Agnosticsherbet]

27. The problem is that people insiste on electing leaders, on following leaders.

I vote for Representatives. The President, members of Congress, Governors, Mayors, and Dog Catchers in municipalities that elect that office are my representatives. I can damn well decide for myself if a course of action is necessary or wise.

[BlueCaliDem]

28. Republicans were only at the Nuremburg Trials to take notes

when Göring and other fascists were giving their testimonies.

Today, U.S. media is ginning up fear, fear, FEAR, with 24/7 coverage of frightening scenes in Europe, and beating those war-drums LOUDLY.

Wish they were as diligent in reporting 24/7 the flag-draped caskets of American soldiers coming home from Afghanistan and Iraq. But of course, that would shorten the war and minimize profits for the MiC.

[99th_Monkey]

31. Actually, pro-war fear-mongering works equally well for 3rd Way Saber-rattlers. -nt-

[TRoN33]

33. Funny, this is missing from high school education text books.

[F4lconF16]

38. Cause Democrats don't do the same?

Can't rec this.

[DirtyHippyBastard]

40. +1. nm

[Enthusiast]

39. K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations!

History is repeating itself.

[Joe the Revelator]

42. Or, I mean, you could actually have a civilian population BEING attacked.

That can happen too. Its not like we're making up dead bodies in concert halls in Paris.

[arikara]

46. How about all the civilian populations being attacked

by drones. Sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers... little kids, isn't the saying something like mow the grass before it grows with the drone guys?

Or the millions who were attacked by campaigns with names like "shock and awe". They aren't French or American, but they are still people.

[Joe the Revelator]

47. So you are saying that you give a pass to ISIS?

Because that sure as hell what is sounds like you're saying.

[CJCRANE]

48. What is ISIS?

Where do they get their weapons and funding from?

[arikara]

50. Either you know bloody well I didn't say that

and you're deliberately trying to be provocative, or you need to go back to school for a good reading comprehension course.
Either way, grow up and quit acting like a damned fool.

[rhett o rick]

43. And if they still need convincing, fly some planes into buildings. nm

[Unknown Beatle]

44. Karl Rove is the reincarnation of Hermann Goring.

[cantbeserious]

49. And Regrettably - Too Many Citizens Are Transfixed And Immobilized By Fear

All reasoning stops and the control takes hold.

[nadinbrzezinski]

53. I have had the news in the background well due to well work

and I noticed a clear line of demarcation between French TV and our fear inducing well you know. We think we are far less susceptible to it for personal reasons. But on the level of scaring the pants off people, it has been fucking brilliant.

I think it is even better than 911 actually.