If it walks like a duck

I saw an interesting quote on Facebook from a conservative friend. I won't post the complete quote but it hit a nerve. To paraphrase the quote it states that if the government makes children it's major concern, citizens will endure any kind of denial of there freedoms and rights. This meme pictured the scene where Obama had some of the children who were survivors of the Newtown massacre around him while signing the executive orders to control weapons. As I continue to scroll down the picture I was amazed to see whom that quote was being attributed to. The quote is from Mein Kampf page 403. The most evil man ever to take breath knew the value of using children as their poster children for his cause. As I looked through this friends post he had numerous other dictators with pictures and posters of them surrounded by children to promote some sort of social change. Mao, Stalin, Castro, Chavez, surrounded by the children of their respective countries. As I am typing this I am remembering the president using a child during his signing of Obamacare.

Many revolutions are perpetuated by the youth of their countries. In the Chinese cultural revolution, children and teenagers were brainwashed to go around and report, capture, torture and kill the intellectual class of the time. Millions were sent to the countryside and died or were killed. When I traveled to China in the early 90's the scars of that youth led rampage were still visible. Those red youth went around and destroyed priceless Buddhist statues and relics. The Hitler youth were notorious in their indoctrination and their rapid loyalty to the Führer. Children are currently being used as soldiers for numerous military campaigns around the globe. Children are the more susceptible to emotional influence and manipulation, so capture their attention and you have the attention of their parents. I do dont feel I am overreacting. The Nazi movement took nearly a decade to come to power. These first steps by the Obama administration in using children to promote their agendas seem eerily similar.

I heard and interview with one of the children that attended the signing. The reporters asked the little girl what America should do about guns. The little girl gave an answer that seemed sweet and then sent shivers up and down my arm. The little girl said, "only police officers and the military should have guns, but if people want to have them for sports they can go to a gun range and shoot then leave the guns there". I have four children and they are all of above average intelligence. I have never heard them give such a perfect answer to a questions posed to them at the age of ten. The answer didn't come from that little girl. The little may be the first of the Obama youth.