Theoretically, the US without any constitutional changes, can behave like Nazi Germany if it wanted to?

Question

The President can invade Poland and France without congressional approval if he wanted to?

Answer 1

What do you mean they "can"???they already are doing it.

Answer 2

Anyone who thinks there is any resemblance between America and Nazi Germany is absolutely crazy, doesn't know history, or is from Mars. Hitler had no political opponents because he killed them. The German people in general did not agree with Hitler's policies, but had no political voice to object - the Reichstag was under Hitler's thumb, for the reason given above. The S.S. and the Brown Shirts were the only segments of German society that were totally loyal to Hitler, but they had all the guns. You can say that the Wehrmacht had guns too, but its leadership was infiltrated with S.S. personnel, and any officer that attempted to organize a "revolt" would have been discovered and executed. Many were, as the group who tried to assassinate HItler in 1943. In August of 1944, 2 months after D-Day, Rommel stated to close friends that the best thing he could do for the German people was to open up a corridor to Berlin for the Allies. For this, and his connection with the assassination plot, he was forced to commit suicide under threat of the execution of his family. If this sounds anything like America, you'd better start smoking something else.

Answer 3

Actually, Hitler's ability to rise to power and randomly invade nations resulted from his use of social welfare programs to win the approval of the people. He also enforced compulsory attendance laws and required that all children attend public schools which his "glorious Reich" used to brainwash children to believe that Germans were the superior race and that all non Aryan's should be sterilized.

The War in Iraq may have been a mistake, but it was in fact authorized by Congress as a part of the larger War on Terror.


rhio9

Actually, Hitler ran for Chancellor of Germany but lost the election.

He had for years been manipulating the system through social welfare programs. He used "generosity" to cause the minority Nazi (national socialist) party to gain an overwhelming majority of the nation's legislative seats.

When Hitler's opponent won the election, the opponent installed Hitler as vice Chancellor in order to ensure that the legislative branch would provide him with support. Hitler than rallied enough support to push the legitimately elected leader out and installed himself as Germany's ruler.

Answer 4

A well-known anecdote about the logician Kurt Goedel relates to his immigration to, and admission to citizenship in, the United States. Having left fascist Austria in the 1930s, Goedel remained here after the war and applied for naturalization.

As the story goes, Goedel took the naturalization examination very seriously and studied hard for it. His preparation included a careful analysis of the United States Constitution. In the course of reviewing that document, Goedel discovered to his horror that through a complex chain of reasoning, a technical flaw in the Constitution permitted the establishment of a dictatorship. The story concludes that the tactless Goedel tried to explain this discovery to the bureaucrat administering the citizenship interview, and that Albert Einstein and Oskar Morgenstern (accompanying Goedel) practically had to restrain Goedel in order to prevent him from damaging his chances of becoming a citizen.

Answer 5

Actually yes that is in his power. So Bush calling himself the decider is pretty acurate he is. Congress however choses funding. The founding fathers did this because they knew that the Congress of today would be spinless. People keep conparing him to Hitler but I ask you why. Is it because he invaded a foreign country? Because then by that logic Roosevelt, Clinton, Truman, Lincoln, Washington, etc. are all like Hitler.

Answer 6

Yes, but the war powers act would allow Congress to cut funding after 90 days, leaving the army stranded.

Answer 7

Bush is just like a Fascist leader. So is Cheney. I got reamed here on Yahoo quiestions for suggesting, or asking if there were similarities between Bush and Nazi Germany. Of course there are. THIS WAS MY QUESTION:

Do think there are similarities between Nazi Germany and the Bush Administration?
George W. Bush has been criticized for disdaining fact in favor of faith in his own instincts. But he is savvy about the dangers that information can present to his authority over the government and the American people.

That is why the first priority of his second term has been the elimination of the few government sources of information that could challenge the images he wants to project to the public. Bush doesn’t want the State Department or the Central Intelligence Agency portraying his Iraq and other foreign policies as abject failures or reckless adventures.

So, by attacking these remaining pockets of analytical resistance, Bush is moving to ensure that his administration can keep much of the U.S. population seeing a near-empty cup as almost entirely full, a concept known in the intelligence world as “perception management.”

There are many similarities between Hitler prior to 1940 and Bush to date. Of course, you'll receive a lot of denial from those who refuse to accept facts. Both of them were elected to lead their nations (I'll give Bush the benefit of the doubt on that one). Both used a "terrorist attack" to gain permission from their legislative bodies to "take any appropriate action". Both sought powers to conduct surveillance on the citizens of thier own countries. Both invaded other countries on false pretenses to "liberate" people who were for the most part or entirely uninterested in being liberated, and turned those countries into living hells. Both claimed to be Christians when it was politically convenient to do so. Both have embraced forms of fascism; corporate/government alliances and restrictions on liberty. Both have claimed a "threat" to their country based on fictional religious issues attributed to a target group of enemies.