On January 20, 1942, in a villa located in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, a conference was held by Heinrich Himmler’s second-in-command, Reinhard Heydrich, who before his assassination five months later in Prague was regarded as the most evil man in Germany, with even Hitler suggesting he had a “heart of iron.” Heydrich headed the Gestapo from 1934 to 1936, during which time it was given the power to detain and imprison anyone on mere “suspicion” that they “might” commit a crime against the regime; what actually constituted a “crime” was anything that “worked.”
The Gestapo Law, put into effect in 1936, gave Gestapo agents immunity from all laws and accountability. The BBC documentary The Nazis: A Warning From History suggests why this “immunity” was “essential” in carrying out its “mission”; a German curator of a Gestapo archive that had been captured by American troops before it could be destroyed pointed out that Gestapo agents relied heavily on “anonymous” sources making accusations against neighbors and coworkers.
One of these accusers was discovered and interviewed, but when her report was read out to her she professed ignorance about her accusation against a gay woman for being a “danger” to the regime because she wore men’s clothing and was visited by people who were similarly politically “not normal.” According to Gestapo records, the accused was subsequently “disappeared” based on this dubious report.
While local polizei might require something more than mere “suspicion” to make arrests, the Gestapo was not hindered by such things as requiring “evidence,” let alone warrants; the suspicion of being an Orwellian “thought criminal” was sufficient for arrest, torture and often death. Not surprisingly, Heydrich was also responsible for implementing the Gestapo’s “Night and Fog” operations, in which anyone regarded as a threat to “national security” was “disappeared” without a trace—let alone “due process.”
But what Heydrich was most infamous for was for what transpired at the Wannsee Conference. It was here that the “Final Solution” to the “Jewish Question” was discussed and implemented. Herman Göring, who during his Nuremberg trial seemed to be under the impression that his crimes were not of the “executable” variety, and himself as the Reich’s second highest-ranking official, authorized Heydrich to hold this conference. Representatives of a dozen agencies were invited to provide input and be given their assignments in carrying out their roles in the “solution” to the Jewish “problem.”
The conference was held not to determine if mass murder was “lawful”—it was already understood to be underway, but to impose Heydrich’s overall authority, and to gauge potential “disagreement” about the policy and insure that it was “understood” who they could “legally” deport and what their final dispositions were to be. The fate of those in “mixed marriages” and the status of children derived from them, the degree of “non-German” blood, whether Jews who worked in jobs “vital” to the war effort if there were insufficient German workers to fill them were all discussed
Only one copy of the Wannsee Protocol (the official “minutes” of the conference) survived, found at the Foreign Ministry after the war. It had been scrubbed “clean” first by Adolf Eichmann and then Heydrich of any “specific” suggestions of mass murder, but its meaning was clear to the attendees:
Under appropriate direction the Jews are to be utilized for work in the East in an expedient manner in the course of the final solution. In large (labor) columns, with the sexes separated, Jews capable of work will be moved into these areas as they build roads, during which a large proportion will no doubt drop out through natural reduction. The remnant that eventually remains will require suitable treatment; because it will without doubt represent the most [physically] resistant part, it consists of a natural selection that could, on its release, become the germ-cell of a new Jewish revival.
Europe is to be combed through from West to East in the course of the practical implementation of the final solution. The area of the Reich, including the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, will have to be handled in advance, if only because of the housing problem and other socio-political needs.
The evacuated Jews will first be taken, group by group, to so-called transit ghettos, in order to be transported further east from there.
Eichmann, who later would be “abducted” by Israeli agents and sent to stand trial for his crimes in Israel, stated that there had been an expectation of opposition to the policy of mass murder, but he and Heydrich were “pleasantly” surprised at the lack of “resistance” to the idea. In fact after the official conference was over, the “small talk” that followed was quite blunt:
The gentlemen were standing together, or sitting together and were discussing the subject quite bluntly, quite differently from the language which I had to use later in the record. During the conversation they minced no words about it at all ... they spoke about methods of killing, about liquidation, about extermination.
Why were Jews viewed as “national security” threats by the Nazis (and most Germans in general)? They were “stealing jobs,” their culture was “alien,” they were “poisoning the blood” of Germany and the world, and they were “vermin” who were threatening to multiply into the “great replacement” of Aryan Christian Europe. None of this true, of course; but someone had to be the scapegoat for Germany’s faults, and Jews were “guilty” merely because they were Jews and not “real” Germans.
That was then, but that “warning from history” is being ignored, in fact celebrated by the present occupier of the White House, his henchpersons and even a political party. Here we see this man many supporters speak of as the living embodiment of “God,” while others see him as their “Der Fuhrer” who should run for an unconstitutional third term, all despite the fact we see this strange, disturbed man on the White House roof, semmingly in the opening grip of dementia:
One must work around with someone suffering from dementia with great care. They must be able to “read” his moods and peeves, no matter how bizarre and difficult to define, and discover what pleases him so that they do not suffer one of his demented outbursts on his social media page.
Unfortunately, what “pleases” Trump is becoming increasingly difficult to decipher (he’s talking about cutting migrant farm workers a “break” again, and 1500 percent cuts in drug prices???), so his henchpersons feel free to do as they please, since he depends upon them to do whatever it is they believe he wants them to do, since he isn't certain what that is himself.
Thus now we are learning about a “Homeland Security and Department of Defense” conference that took place recently. The “specifics” may be different, but the ideology and motivation behind it was very much similar to that of the infamous Wannsee Conference.
The New Republic first reported this “Homeland Security and Department of Defense Meeting” 1 a few days ago; We are told that the meeting included Pete Hegseth, various other of his “senior advisors” i.e. people he can "trust" not to reveal his difficulty in knowing what his job requires, Gen. Dan Caine (the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), three deputy chiefs of staff, the USNORTHCOM commander Gen. Gregory Guillot, the acting ICE director Ted Lyons, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, and Hegseth’s brother Philip, the “liaison officer” between the DoD and the DHS—and principle “architect” of the substance of this conference.
The “purpose” of this conference was to insure “100 percent success” of the “defense off the homeland,” and the military's involvement in implementing the Trump administration's own "final solution" of mass deportation.
Meaning what, exactly?
The conference was "designed" to crack open the participants’ skulls to foster “new ideas for how the two departments can better plan for national security and illegal immigration. Positive outcomes and/or action items include”:
The U.S. military leadership (the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and NORTHCOM) need to feel — for the first time — the urgency of the homeland defense mission. They need to understand the threat, what’s at stake, and the political importance the administration has placed on this issue.
A verbal agreement to find places where DoD can detail personnel within ICE and CBP (and vice-versa) to increase information sharing, and specifically support nationwide operational planning capabilities.
A clear understanding of each department’s capabilities, limitations and shared objectives.
The fact that this meeting was motivated by racist and unconstitutional objectives is couched in superfluous language open to “interpretation,” but its purpose was apparently understood by the participants as being "necessary" to please Trump (or more likely, Stephen Miller):
The mere fact that this meeting is happening with these participants illustrates just how urgent and cooperative the homeland mission has become. This is a priority of POTUS.
The cooperation between 10th Mountain and Border Patrol is a perfect example of what kind of results we’re capable [sic] when our two departments lock arms and move forward together.
The “threat” is of course couched in simplistic terms and overstated in order to “justify” unleashing the military on unarmed working immigrants and the protestors supporting their right to be treated like human beings; most of those targeted for “disappearance” are (or were) under the mistaken belief that this country offers them asylum to simply live a working life free from threats of U.S.-exported “gangs” and government death squads. The participants, however, were told a different, mostly fact-free, propaganda line:
If I may, I’d like to help illustrate what we’re dealing with here from the DHS side. You’ve seen the rise in attacks on our officers throughout the news by 700%. We’ve got Central and South American cartels and gangs trafficking drugs, humans, and terror into American cities at will These same Transnational Criminal Organizations have now been designated by this administration as Foreign Terrorist Organization’s [sic]. That puts this threat on the same plain [sic] as having Al Qaeda or ISIS cells and fighters operating freely inside America.
Save for Fox News and that ilk, most of the “free press” is reporting that the large majority of immigrants are being scooped-up at worksites and have nevr been charged with committing crimes (being “illegal” is still only a “civil” offense). We discover that ICE in fact is not “prioritizing” so-called “traffickers” in “drugs, humans and terror” in U.S. cities, which is being vastly overblown because it is just “words” and words have no real meaning beyond sounding “cool” to the people enunciating them.
There is no effort to endow immigrants the humanity those who participated in this conference themselves clearly lack, or any comprehension as to why we have this “problem”—farmers in need of workers from anywhere, this country’s racist immigration and temporary work visa policies—all subject to easy fixes if this country just did the right thing (look how easy it is for foreign nationals to get H-1B visas for jobs that American do want to do).
Instead, what we see is racism, cruelty and brutality couched in terms of a mostly non-existent threat that sees any “resistance” to violent and unconstitutional actions by this country’s version of Gestapo thugs, who clearly act as if they too are immune from any laws and accountability, who now like the cowards that bullies are require military interventions against unarmed civilians.
Worse, there was no “plan” for an “end game”—just a permanent state of authoritarian rule supported by military-backed de facto martial law against an on-going, non-existent "threat:
It hasn’t been perfect, and we’re still working through best practices together, but I think it’s a good indicator of the type of operations (and resistance) we’re going to be working through for years to come. If DoD and DHS are going to be so closely aligned on this homeland mission, meetings like this to set expectations and increase our coordination from the top down and at all levels is crucial.
This conference’s mission was to insure that everyone was on the “same page,” and that they all have the same “interpretation” of the “threat”—and that the military is ready and willing to do what is necessary to not only engage “terrorist gangs” for which there is little evidence that cities are actually being “terrorized” by them, but how they can “legally” and violently suppress protests against ICE violence and attacks against U.S. citizens and immigrants with legal status for simply following what they were told to do. We have of course seen the result of unleashing the military on civilians without proper "instruction":
Of course what Hegseth and the conference participants were not willing to admit was that what they are really “up against” and “limited by" in ramping up the "support" of the military is not protestors and working, law-abiding immigrants, but the courts and public opinion:
If nothing else comes from this meeting, I want us all to come to a common understanding of what we’re trying to accomplish together, what DHS, CBP and ICE are up against and exactly what help they need from DoD, where DoD can best support with personnel and planning, and what limitations we all have.
Immigrants—including the “illegal” variety—commit fewer crimes than citizens, yet to make this country “safe” again, “DHS and DoD will need to be in lockstep with each other” in order to raid warehouses, farms and food processing plants. Anyone who takes “pride’ in that and thinks this makes America “safe” are the ones we should be made safe from.
As in the Wannsee Protocol, we are told that “Due to the sensitive nature of the meeting, minimal written policy or background information can be provided in this briefing memo." The off-the-record "small talk" afterwards was not to be revealed, but Hegseth was certainly thinking "big," wanting to know what DHS and ICE wants "his" troops to do on a “national” scale. Just tell us what we are allowed to do instead of just standing around like we were in Los Angeles wasting tax payer money, so my guys can kick and beat on some of that brown ass too.
The likelihood is that the military itself wants nothing to do with this, but Hegseth takes his marching orders from whatever disease is infecting Trump’s mind at the moment, and he just runs amuck with it like every one else in this administration. This phony received two Bronze Stars despite the fact he apparently never faced enemy fire (he received the medals for “civil affairs” and “training”), and his combat infantry badge is an insult to 61,000 soldiers who were killed and wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yet here Hegseth and his brother are trying to persuade DHS and ICE to provide them a "defensible" rationalization to allow the military to fight a “war” that only exists in the crazed minds of people like Trump, Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, almost wholly against defenseless, frightened people trying to survive in this world, attacked on the streets by thugs who exercise the same terroristic immunity from law or accountability that the Gestapo operated under—with one exception: Gestapo agents didn’t wear masks like your ordinary bullies and cowards as we see here, courtesy of Meidas Touch:
And who is this against, again? Violent terrorist gangs? Where are they? In this country TdA members are such a tiny number that law enforcement admits they are a third-string “threat” engaged in relatively “petty” crimes, while the U.S.-bred MS-13 represents less than one percent of all gangs membership. Here in Seattle, gang violence isn’t unknown, although how it is “perceived’ is a matter that might leave one with the idea that the perpetrators are just “misunderstood” youths. For example, the 2020 shooting between members of two gangs during rush hour in downtown Seattle left one dead and seven injured, all of them innocent bystanders…
…resulted in the acquittal of one of the shooters of murder (guilty only of "unlawful possession"), another pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter, and another a “juvenile” whose sentence was not reported. None received a sentence longer than four years; one may suspect that the shooters viewed any prison sentence as a measure of their gang “cred.”
But it isn’t Hispanic gangs, which have a tiny presence in Seattle, that is generally involved in such shootings, and this is true according to FBI statistics across the country, despite what DHS claims. It is more likely that the vast majority of people in this country have not only not actually seen any of that “terrorism” by Hispanic gangs (not to deny it is happening in Latin America), but only “heard” of it by the constant drumbeat of lies by such as Leavitt and McLaughlin, which are becoming more tiresome and eye-rolling by the minute. MAGA of course consumes the lies by the truckload because they themselves are consumed by racial stereotyping.
Like the Jews in Nazi Germany who were “guilty” for simply being “Jewish,” Hispanics in this country, according to MAGAmaniacs, are “guilty” for simply being Hispanic, and in many places now (and likely soon to be countrywide) all Hispanics will be (potential) targets simply because they have been set-up to be the most vulnerable to racist attack, and some people do “get off” on cruelty and violence they believe is “deserved.” We are told that "ICE Special Response" teams are preparing to invade Seattle, and non-gang member, native-born U.S. citizens like myself who "look" like the "target" should be wondering what protection they have against these violent masked thugs in this city.
So when ICE tells us that Hispanics with tattoos are all “violent gang members,” these generalizations are not expected to be used to point out the hypocrisy of those employing them, For example, you are not allowed to wonder what’s with this guy:
If you didn’t know him, you’d think this “tough guy” was some white nationalist, neo-Nazi thug. The thing is that, somewhere deep down inside of him, he really is one.
Admittedly Hegseth is too much the idiot to be the Heydrich of this fascist regime (Miller maybe), but the full embrace of Nazi-style fascism cannot simply be chalked up to “coincidence.” The worst kind of evil lurks hidden within many of the human species; it only needs to be unleashed by someone (Trump) who “normalizes” it, and allows it to inform “official” policy just as it was in the aftermath of the Wannsee Conference.
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