Standing on the Dead
By Marc Ash
t r u t h o u t | Essay
Wednesday 22 January 2003
"What luck for the rulers that men do not think."
--Adolf Hitler
In October of 1942, under the Trading With the Enemy Act, the U.S. government halted operations at New York's Union
Banking Corporation. A bank official was charged with "Running Nazi front groups in the United States."
His name: Prescott Bush.
Prescott Bush, father of future U.S President George Herbert Walker Bush and grandfather of George W. Bush, had been
hard at work on behalf of his Nazi partners. In flagrant violation of U.S. law, Prescott Bush had worked tirelessly to
launder money, procure raw materials, arrange transportation and provide guidance for the Nazi war effort and the German
army he had helped to build.
In April of 2002, George W. Bush -- standing literally on the bones of the men who fell at Normandy beachhead in mortal
combat with that very same Nazi army -- delivered his Memorial Day address. He said, in part, "This is a day our country
has set apart to remember what was gained in our wars, and all that was lost."
Let us remember.
As the German army came crashing into Poland, spreading death and destruction in its path, Prescott Bush continued
aiding the Nazis.
As German tanks rolled through the Ardennes Forest and into Paris, Prescott Bush continued aiding the Nazis.
As Allied forces fighting to defend France were forced literally into the sea at Dunkirk by the German Army, Prescott
Bush continued aiding the Nazis.
As German war planes rained bombs down on London, killing 50 thousand English men, women and children, Prescott Bush
continued aiding the Nazis.
As millions died at the hands of the most ruthless and violent organization the world has ever known, Prescott Bush
continued aiding them.
And of course, as Hitler and the Nazis planned and carried out the extermination of Europe's Jews, Prescott Bush was an
eager and active partner.
When did Bush stop? When we made him stop.
In this case, George W. Bush won't have to worry about the US Government shutting him down. That's been taken care of --
he is the US Government.
As debate rages back and forth across the Atlantic over the morality and acceptability of this assault against Iraq, it
is interesting to note the German position.
It was Germany who bought most completely into the war lie during the past century. It was the German people who, with
their faith in country and leadership, and even their loyalty to the Fatherland, made possible the greatest nightmare
the world has ever known. It is those same German people who stand today before Europe and the world in unflinching
opposition to this latest world conquering force.
How well do the German people know George W. Bush? Better than they want to.
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Sources:
Heir to the Holocaust : http://www.clamormagazine.org/features/issue14.3_feature.3.html
The Bush Nazi Connection : http://www.lpdallas.org/features/draheim/dr991216.htm
Gold Fillings, Auschwitz & George Bush : http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/bushies.htm
Or just do a search at www.google.com under " Prescott Bush Nazi UBC 1942" and take your pick of the documents that come up. (Highly recommended.)
[Scoop Additional Source: A great flash movie… http://www.takebackthemedia.com/bushnonazi.html.]
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