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Here is the Goering quote, which Byrd invoked when explaining how we got to this weird state we find ourselves in:
Byrd in his quest to put the current administration in the strongest possible light thus proving that the Emperor Has No Clothes even cites an infamous quotation by Hermann Goering on how to sell a war to the citizenry; it is:
“Why, of course, the people don’t want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that 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 did Russia, or England or America, nor for that matter Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leader of the country who determine policy and it is always a simple matter to drag people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship…[V]oice 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 danger. It works the same way in any country.”—Hermann Goering, quoted in the Nuremberg Diary (1947) by G.M. Gilbert
That is hardly calling Bush 'Goering'- he simply uses Goering's quote to illustrate a point. I doubt very much Bush has ever read the Nuremburg Diary- he, by his own admission, is not a readerer. (Sorry, couldn't resist).
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