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This week the reign of al-Qaeda reached that of the Nazis: 4,481 days.

 

 

Al-Qaeda and the Nazis: 4,481 Days that Terrorized the World (Die Welt, Germany)

 

"For the same length of time that has passed since 9/11, millions of people lived in fear of the Nazis and Nazi Germany, and ultimately, all Germans. First in Germany itself, then in Europe, and finally, almost all over the world; For the same length of time Osama bin Laden's face has been with us as the embodiment of al-Qaeda and as the physical symbol of a movement willing to commit mass murder - Hitler, too, terrorized the world, held it in suspense, and compelled it to defend itself."

 

By Torsten Krauel

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Translated By Stephanie Martin

 

December 21, 2013

 

Germany - Die Welt - Original Article (German)

On the day of his appointment as chancellor, January 30, 1933, Hitler pays his respects to the aged Paul von Hindenburg, the heroic field marshal of World War I.

 

THE MILITARY CHANNEL, U.S.: Nazi Collaborators The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el Husseini , July 10, 00:44:38RealVideo

The Nazi regime lasted twelve years and four months. One realizes how long this is, when looking back exactly 4,481 days to the murderous September 11, 2001.

 

Today, December 18th, 2013, 4,481 days have passed since September 11, 2001, when the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York occurred. It's a period that seems like an eternity. In that time, an entire generation of young people have grown up for whom the television images are no more than childhood memories. For school children, "9/11" is pure history.

 

This is just as it was at the end of World War II, when democracy was pure history for young Germans, or at most a blurry childhood memory. To the day, September 11, 2001 is as long ago as January 30, 1933 [end of the Weimar Republic] was on May 8, 1945.

 

That's how long, through summers and winters alike, Hitler’s face hovered over everything. That's how long the swastika was a threat outside everyone's front door or over the horizon, depending on whether you lived in Germany or America.

 

For the same length of time that has passed since 9/11, millions of people lived in fear of the Nazis and Nazi Germany, and ultimately, all Germans; First in Germany itself, then in Europe, and finally, almost all over the world. For the same length of time Osama bin Laden’s face has been with us as the embodiment of al-Qaeda and as the physical symbol of a movement willing to commit mass murder - Hitler, too, terrorized the world, held it in suspense, compelled it to defend itself and go to war.

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Days of Fear and Terror

 

In the thirties, and then until 1945, Germany was “al-Qaeda” - initially only in the minds the regime's opponents, those hunted down for their race or political beliefs, Jews in America, and a few farsighted politicians in London or Washington, who at the time were frequently ridiculed and mocked because of their fearful vision.  By 1939, or 2007 if calculated for today, the majority of people thought of Germany as we think of al-Qaeda.

 

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Four thousand, four hundred, eighty one days of fear. And then? Assistance for conquered Germany. The West helped Germany just as it helped Afghanistan, and that was just as controversial among American voters as help for the land of the Hindu Kush is today.

 

The Marshall Plan was no easy sell. On the contrary. For many Americans - and for French, British, or Dutch - helping Germany was similar to helping al-Qaeda hotbed Afghanistan is today. And with the Korean War, the Americans had also this era’s counterpart in the Iraq campaign, which was just as pointless, superfluous and idiotic as liberating Iraq from Saddam Hussein is still considered today. And Korea? “Japan,” many Americans said at the time, “Japan attacked us! Why are we meddling in Korea?”

 

Hitler breathing down their necks

 

On the evening of the 4,481st day after Osama bin Laden’s attack on America, one also recalls how many professional successes and personal happiness people have experienced in Germany and elsewhere. And one might ask oneself what this legth of time would have meant in another era: Gerhard Schröder, Angela Merkel 1, 2, and 3; the Football World Cup; Facebook, Twitter, the iPhone; the election of Obama, and the rise and fall of [Defense Minister] Guttenberg.

 

 

One may wonder what it would have been like if we had spent this entire time under al-Qaeda rule - just like the people had Hitler breathing down their necks after 1933. How much good fortune would have been destroyed or never come about. And how many people might have considered these twelve years and 98 days to be so unmentionable, so terrible, or so shameful, that they would never speak of or want to hear about them again?

 

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Posted By Worldmeets.US Dec. 21, 2013, 2:25pm

 

 

 

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