".....mass graves have been found ...."
Perspective is needed to understand our path to empire building. It is instructive to listen to the words of another empire's propagandist to understand the mindset of true believers and how the pursuit of power never really changes throughout history.
The diary quote I will post here are from "The Goebbels Diaries 1942-1943" by Louis T. Lochner. I hope you find them as insightful and illuminating as I do. I will continue post Goebbels daily diary quotes in the days ahead in hopes that his words will resonate with those who are concerned with the propaganda and actions of the Bush Administration.
April 9, 1943
....mass graves have been found. The ..(enemy) .. simply shot down and then shoveled into mass graves some 10,000 prisoners. Gruesome aberrations of the human soul were thus revealed. I saw to it that the ... mass graves be inspected by neutral journalists.
April 14, 1943
We are now using the discovery ...(of the 12,000 murdered prisoners)...for ... propaganda on a grand style. We shall be able to live on it for a couple of weeks.
The ... incident is developing into a gigantic political affair which may have wide repercussions. We are exploiting it in every manner possible. So long as ten to twelve thousand ... victims have sacrificed their lives anyway - probably not entirely without their fault, for they were the real instigators of this war - they might as well now serve to open the eyes of the peoples...about (the enemy).
May 8, 1943
Unfortunately..(our bullets).. were found in the graves ... The question of how they got there needs clarification. It is either a case of munitions sold by us during the period of our friendly arrangement with the...(the enemy)...or of ...(the enemy)...themselves throwing these munitions into the graves. In any case it is essential that this incident be kept top secret. If it were to come to the knowledge of the enemy the whole ... affair would have to be dropped.
Past Goebbels Postings