How well we used McCarthy!!!!!!!!!!! McCarthy was right! Of course the Army had to work with the commies. Nukes are nukes. But the public would be horrified. We used McCarthy to put the mass mind in a vice. If you went too far left you were called a commie. However...., if you called those at top commies for needing to work with commies then you were called a 'McCarthyite'. The perfect vice for the perfect vice. Hitler..., perhaps Stone will show us why Mein Kampf is suddenly selling so well in economic departments of Third World universities. An understanding of Stalin might show us why we HAD to, (and still have to), support Israel. Knowing exactly why Mao was the 'odd man out' between Stalin and Truman might make us understand the present focus on Indonesia. And might make us pay more attention to Admiral Blair. Good for Stone. Might be a small step but at least it is in the right direction.
> > ------ Forwarded Message >> From: "dasg...@aol.com" <dasg...@aol.com> >> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:00:22 EST >> To: Robert Millegan <ramille...@aol.com> >> Cc: <ema...@aol.com>, <j...@aol.com>, <jim6...@cwnet.com> >> Subject: Will Oliver Stone's "Secret History" Expose How the Bush Family >> Financed Hitler? >> > >> January 09, 2010 >> http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/01/oliver-stone-history-america.html >> Oliver Stone's 'Secret History' to put Hitler 'in context' >> <http://reporter.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451d69069e2012876be446a970c-popup> >> TCA >> <http://www.thrfeed.com/tca/> -- Director Oliver Stone's upcoming >> Showtime >> documentary miniseries "Secret History of America" promises to put mass >> murderers such as Stalin and Hitler "in context." >> >> "Stalin, Hitler, Mao, McCarthy -- these people have been vilified pretty >> thoroughly by history," Stone told reporters at the Television Critics >> Association's semi-annual press tour in Pasadena. >> >> "Stalin has a complete other story," Stone said. "Not to paint him as a >> hero, >> but to tell a more factual representation. He fought the German war >> machine >> more than any single person. We can't judge people as only 'bad' or >> 'good.' >> Hitler is an easy scapegoat throughout history and its been used >> cheaply. He's >> the product of a series of actions. It's cause and effect ... People in >> America don't know the connection between WWI and WWII ... I've been >> able to >> walk in Stalin's shoes and Hitler's shoes to understand their point of >> view. >> We're going to educate our minds and liberalize them and broaden them. >> We want >> to move beyond opinions ... Go into the funding of the Nazi party. How >> many >> American corporations were involved, from GM through IBM. Hitler is just >> a man >> who could have easily been assassinated." >> >> The controversial director's 10-part documentary series for Showtime >> <http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/08/oliver-stone-presenting-secret-history-of-amer >> ica-.html> promises to focus on events that "at the time went >> under-reported, >> but crucially shaped America's unique and complex history of the last 60 >> years." Subjects in "History" include President Harry Truman¹s decision >> to >> drop the atomic bomb on Japan and the origins of the Cold War with the >> Soviet >> Union. >> >> "You cannot approach history unless you have empathy for the person you >> may >> hate," Stone said during the show's trailer, which promised to put >> historical >> villains "in context." "I don't want to put out conventional History >> Channel >> product where it's easy to like it." >> >> "He's not saying we're going to come out with a more positive view of >> Hitler," >> emphasized professor Peter Kuznick, the lead writer on the project. "But >> we're >> going to describe him as a historical phenomenon and not just somebody >> who >> appeared out of nowhere." >> >> Stone said that conservative pundits will dislike the show. >> >> "Obviously, Rush Limbaugh is not going to like this history and, as >> usual, >> we're going to get those kind of ignorant attacks," said Stone, who also >> also >> compared the experience of sympathizing with war criminals to making his >> "W" >> movie about George W. Bush. "I'm trying to understand somebody I >> thoroughly >> despised." >> >> Stone also warned that the same military industrial complex forces that >> he's >> explored in movies such as "JFK" and in "Secret History," are now >> corrupting >> Barack Obama. >> >> "You can understand why Obama is following in Bush's footsteps in >> Afghanistan," Stone said."Obama is very much trapped, we believe, in >> that >> system. And so that's what we're going to try and show you -- the way it >> works." >> > > ------ End of Forwarded Message >
