No Help from Federal Government, I Fear

Obviously, the financial condition of our federal government dictates the amount of funds that can be allocated to the states for the improvements needed to enhance the lives of their citizens. The fact that the United States Congress is again considering additional funding of $611 Billion for continuing our military occupation of Iraq, is a strong indication that federal assistance will not be forthcoming anytime soon. And, in my opinion, things are going to become much worse.

I believe that the Executive Branch of our government is using the tactics described by Nazi Germany's Herman Goering to lead us into a larger war. Goering was one of the highest-ranking Nazis who survived to be captured and put on trail for war crimes in the city of Nuremberg by the Allies at the end of World War II. He was found guilty of "war crimes", "crimes against peace", and "crimes against humanity" by the Nuremberg tribunal and sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was not carried out, however, because Goering committed suicide with smuggled cyanide capsules hours before his execution, scheduled for October 15, 1946.

Herman Goering proclaimed that although "the people don't want war, they "can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders." Here was his thinking on the subject, which he divulged during discussions with others during his imprisonment (does his thinking sound familiar?):

"Of course the people don't want war. But, after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, 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 pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."

-- Herman Goering, from prison, during the Nuremberg trials