Thomas Nephew notices, as I have in the past, certain uncanny similarities between the Bush Administration's underpinnings and the positions of certain . . . shall we say . . . unsavory past administrations. This similarity has often been remarked upon by those of us who are concerned about the Republican delight in abuse of power. It was so frequent that I once called for a moratorium on the practice.
The comparisons continue to be apt, however, especially as the country tires of the failed Republican colonial venture in Iraq, and the extent of the lies told by its advocates seeps slowly into our people's explanatory narrative.
The drums which beat so loudly for war now beat in time for dolchstosslegende, seeking an internal enemy.
Again, it's not that the Bush Administration is using Mein Kampf as an instruction manual, it's just that this is a heavily-trodden path over the last couple centuries -- travelled by the carts to the guillotine, the trains to Siberia and Auschwitz, and the airplanes from Argentine detention centers to the cold Atlantic. The ruts are smooth, deeply-worn and grow deeper the further down the path one goes.
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