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I just found a fairly direct link between a portion of modern neoconservative ideology and Nazi Germany. This link ties in through McCarthyism.
Modern Neoconservatism has strong ties to McCarthyism, in many senses it is a revival of McCarthyism. It values accusations over proof, demands names and confessions from the accused, and practices guilt by association. This is evident in its foreign policy, where it literally bought supposed arab terrorists from foreign warlords on no more evidence than their accusations and condemned them to imprisonment without trial. It is also evident in its domestic rhetoric, where once again liberals are being attacked as "pinko commies", "traitors", and "enemy sympathizers". Not to mention being blamed for loosing Vietnam, rather than credited with extracting us from that quagmire.
McCarthyism is also the source of a slogan that neoconservatives would very much agree with, judging by their rhetoric: "Better Dead than Red". It is this phrase which provides a direct link to Nazi Germany. This slogan was first heard in its original german form, "Lieber tot als rot". It was a slogan created by Josef Goebbels, Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, at the end of World War II. It was a slogan created by our enemies to use against one of our allies.
Modern Neoconservatism has strong ties to McCarthyism, in many senses it is a revival of McCarthyism. It values accusations over proof, demands names and confessions from the accused, and practices guilt by association. This is evident in its foreign policy, where it literally bought supposed arab terrorists from foreign warlords on no more evidence than their accusations and condemned them to imprisonment without trial. It is also evident in its domestic rhetoric, where once again liberals are being attacked as "pinko commies", "traitors", and "enemy sympathizers". Not to mention being blamed for loosing Vietnam, rather than credited with extracting us from that quagmire.
McCarthyism is also the source of a slogan that neoconservatives would very much agree with, judging by their rhetoric: "Better Dead than Red". It is this phrase which provides a direct link to Nazi Germany. This slogan was first heard in its original german form, "Lieber tot als rot". It was a slogan created by Josef Goebbels, Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister, at the end of World War II. It was a slogan created by our enemies to use against one of our allies.
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