Without a doubt. Then you couple that with the fact that Kissinger was the one who groomed Obama and put him in a position of power. Of course, we who are informed know what the MO is; a new world order.... as Kissinger says himself .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD3BqK-9Z... Only the serfs are still sleeping, like sheep.
It really is sad, and is a tough battle to pull the wool from their eyes, BUT, we must continue to try. "Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders, no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way for himself if society is sweeping towards destruction.
Therefore everyone, in his own interest, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle." ~ Ludwig von Mises majgross: Try reading 'The Trials of Kissinger', and maybe then you can see, from a new perspective, what reality is.
The people always have been used by those in power-not the other way around. Machiavelli knew this, Han Fei Tzu, Sun Tzu knew this and of course, Kissinger knew this. Sadly- He wasn't completely wrong.
He was wrong on "...dumb, stupid animals..." but the rest was correct. A solider is lied to, yes-that does not make him a "dumb, stupid animal" though. Remember, a thousand years ago, if you believed that the Earth was flat-you were wrong-but you were not stupid.
With the information that you had at that time, you likely had what was then a well-informed opinion. Information can be wrong, of course-either on purpose or due to a lack of ability to acquire correct information. So with the information that a solider has-or more correctly-is given-a solider is well-informed to the extent that it is felt he needs to be.
Sadly still, When intelligence is found among recruits-an attempt is made to bring them above their contemporaries so that his abilities are made use of. It is generally the uneducated, young and the misinformed that make up the meat and bones of any army. Hence, An unquestioning, loyal and fanatical devotion to the army is the true goal.
Intellect stands in the way of this. I am not agreeing that a solider IS a "dumb, stupid animal" but that this IS the goal of the military. To question your superiors slows things down.
What is desired is what I stated above, an army of "dumb, stupid animals". Marching, drilling and slogans like "One two three four I love the Marine Corps!" are designed to instill conformity and quell individual thought so that hesitation is quelled as soon as possible. Metaphorically, Even in the Martial Arts, we drill and drill until we no longer have to think of the technique to use it.
It flows from us without hesitation, for maximum effect. So Kissinger was only partially right, it is not that they ARE, but that their GOAL is to be-"...dumb, stupid animals..." I am sorry if this in some way offends the sensibilities of those who read this-but this is the ugly truth of war-the plague of mankind. Only by understanding the symptoms and cause of a disease-can we hope to cure it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.