Think about this.... Putin is going down the same path Hitler did that started WWII..... Don’t forget, World War II was begun because one person sought to reestablish the pride of the “Fatherland,” – Deutschland — after the embarrassment of the Treaty of Versailles following World War I. The sanctions and economic penalties imposed on Germany were backbreaking. Out of that time of despair of the Weimar Republic — when it took a wheelbarrow of deutschmarks to buy basic provisions — came one Adolf Hitler who promised the restoration of German pride. His will and determination in the face of weak leadership enabled him to build a powerful military machine. Hitler was able to retake the industrial Rhineland base without firing a shot — an emboldening maneuver that surprised even his own generals. And the excuse used by Putin – the protection of ethnic Russians — was used by Hitler – the protection of ethnic Germans — as Hitler moved to take the Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia. The result was the blitzkrieg and the fall of Poland. Similarly to Hitler, President Vladimir Putin has committed to reinvigorating Russia’s armed forces, which had been undermined by the economic troubles that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. And if you think Poland doesn’t remember this, you’re fooling yourself — as those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Instead of Sir Neville Chamberlain claiming “there will be peace in our time” we have President Barack Hussein Obama who chimed, “after reelection I will have more flexibility.” Last night I spoke at Cornell University on this very topic — this is serious, and yes, we are back in a new Cold War, make no mistake. It’s not about what we want – it’s about the reality of your enemy and understanding history and its trends.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:00:41 +0000
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