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When most folks think of GENOCIDE, the atrocities of Hitler and his entourage immediately spring to mind. But if I were to say that the United States government and its founding "fathers" also participated in mass genocidal assaults that equaled the sinister political agenda of the infamous Nazi tyrant, most Americans would not only call me a bold-faced liar, but would also want to string me up for treason as well.

When I liken Christopher Columbus or President Andrew Jackson to a deviant like Hitler, I am told the comparison is not only
preposterous - it is also blasphemous. Afterall, Hitler was the worlds foremost villain - and America is the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I can understand the startled reaction of those people not exposed to historical truths pertaining to American Indian culture, people, history and issues. For most, they would never suspect their
government of purposely denying Native people of their rights, liberties, life and land. We're taught that land was legally
taken via lawful treaties, and that Indian Wars were brought upon the innocent homesteaders by savage Indians out to stop the civilized settlement of the west. I mean, no one wants to believe that the land
they now sit upon was stolen... or that innocent men, women and children were murdered in order to acquire it. Right?

Truth is, not only did the American people and government participate in genocide, they also reveled in it and pushed it full force.
America is no better than Hitler; our beloved country has committed the exact same crimes, nearly in the exact same fashion. The only difference is, Hitler's atrocities spanned just over a decade while ours spans half a millennium. That, and, the United States is better at propaganda and cover-up than the others.

I recently watched the movie, Neurmberg, based on the 1940's trial of Nazi War criminals, and was struck by the ironic words of Justice Jackson, of the United States, who said "The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated... The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty
crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power and make deliberate and concerted use of it
to set in motion evils which leave no home in the world untouched..."

When describing the men on trial, Mr. Jackson states "...these prisoners represent sinister influences that will lurk in the world long after their bodies have returned to dust. We will show them to be living symbols of racial hatreds, of terrorism and violence, and of the arrogance and cruelty of power. They are symbols of fierce nationalism and of militarism, of intrigue and war-making which have embroiled Europe generation after generation, crushing its manhood, destroying its homes, and impoverishing its life. They have so
identified themselves with the philosophies they conceived and with the forces they directed that any tenderness to them is a victory and an encouragement to all the evils which are attached to their names.
Civilization can afford no compromise with the social forces which would gain renewed strength if we deal ambiguously or indecisively with the men in whom those forces now precariously survive."

At no time was it mentioned that Hitler himself admitted to admiring the American government for their removal of American Indians - or that his Master Race objective was similar to the Manifest Destiny declaration of the United States in the 1800's. Both groups carted off the "unwanted" to holding centers so unfit and
unsanitary that many lost their lives to exposure, disease, and starvation. Both thought the removal was just, that neither group deserved rights or liberties, and that their death was not only lawful - it was also necessary.

"To claim that the Holocaust was unique can only imply that attempts to annihilate other national or cultural groups are not to be considered genocide, thus diminishing the gravity and moral implications of any
genocide anywhere, any time. It also implies that the Jews have a monopoly on genocide, that no matter what misfortune befalls another people, it cannot be as serious or even in the same category as the Holocaust."

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