Theos-Talk Archives (July 2002 Message tt00045)

--- Larry F Kolts <llkingston2@juno.com> wrote:
> In
> 1943 Hitler realized a
> major dream of him by finalizing the consolidation
> of all German police
> agencies under a central department. This was the
> RSHA or Reich Security
> Main Office headed by Himmler's #2 man Richard
> Heydrich.

There was no Richard Heydrich. The SD was headed by
Reinhard Heydrich. Also, SD stands for Security
Service, not Intelligence Department. Foreign
intelligence was one of their many functions, though.

> 2-While the Third Reich was clearly a tyranny and
> the US is a republic,
> there a analogs to these various German groups

Nazi Germany was a republic just as the US is, despite
the "reich" misnomer in its legal title.

> The SD relates to the CIA, while the
> Gestapo is equivilant to
> the FBI.

I hope not., I would hate to think the FBI has
started torturing people, instead of having the
Syrians and Filipinos do it for them.

Interestingly, Alan Dershowitz, noting that the most
notorious terrorists are currently Muslims, advocates
the legalization of torture. I was disappointed by
that, since I have always admired him. He has not
commented to my knowledge whether he would advocate
torturing Jewish Defense League members or captured
Mossad terrorists or whether it should apply to only
Muslims. I think he should do a G. Gordon Liddy and
hold his hand over a burning flame for a few minutes
then decide whether torture really is a justifiable
strategy

> If a little (in size) nation such
> as Israel can't stop
> the almost daily terrorist attacks, how can we? 

We tell the FBI to stop drinking coffee and writing
memos and get with it, that's how. Then we look for
someone to blame if they screw up.

> 
> 4-In our individual lives, we also look for security
> in part. But it is
> never really there.

It is for me. I found it one day in my closet. And
to think I had forgotten I even put it there.

> What can we do to overcome this?

Sell everything you have and give to the poor, namely
me.



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