Blühende Landschaften - brennende Dornbüsche.

[Sateb Deis Rhi]

There was a fever over the land.
A fever of disgrace, of indignity, of hunger.
We had a democracy, yes, but it was torn by elements within, patriot act, untransparent government activities.
Above all, after 9/11 there was fear.
Fear of today, fear of tomorrow, fear of our neighbors, and fear of ourselves.
Only when you understand that - can you understand what Bush meant to us.
Because he said to us: 'Lift your heads! Be proud to be American! There are devils among us. Islamists, Terrorists, Insurgents, corrupt Dictators!
Once these devils will be destroyed, your misery will be destroyed.'
It was the old, old story of the sacrifical lamb. What about those of us who knew better?
We who knew the words were lies and worse than lies? Why did we sit silent? Why did we take part in hushing ourselves up when the 'patriot police' raided the media contents the weeks before the war, spreading words of faked weapons-of-mass-destruction-stories - but inside, we knew we were the ones, having them in the pockets - ?
Because we loved our country! What difference does it make if a few political extremists lose their rights in Guantanamo?
What difference does it make if a few racial or religious minorities lose their civil rights on our own soil, all the sudden being watched differently as potential terrorists?
It is only a passing phase. It is only a stage we are going through.
It will be discarded sooner or later...
Bush himself will be discarded... sooner or later.
The country is in danger. We will march out of the shadows.
We will go forward. Forward is the great password.
And history tells how well we succeeded in our new surge attempts in Baghdad. We succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.

Blühende Landschaften - brennende Dornbüsche.






Dieser Text ist eine (gekürzte und erweiterte) Umarbeitung [meinerseits] einer englischen Übersetzung eines ursprünglichen deutschen Textes von Ernst Janning, der diese Worte während der Nürnberger Prozesse sprach.

Der Text soll keinen akuten Vergleich Bush-Hitler ziehen, das wäre ja nicht konstruktiv - er soll wohl aber aufzeigen, wie sehr textuale Bausteine unterschiedliche Sachverhalte sehr ähnlich wiedergeben können.
Dies sollte die Ambivalenz der Geschichtsschreibung und deren Auswirkungen auf das Zeitgefühl/geschehen, auf die Mentalität der Gesellschaft demonstrieren.
Die Botschaft lautet also: Augen auf, aber schielt ein wenig am Oberflächlichsten vorbei...

Hier die Ursprungstextstelle in der englischen Übersetzung:

Ernst Janning:
There was a fever over the land. A fever of disgrace, of indignity, of hunger. We had a democracy, yes, but it was torn by elements within. Above all, there was fear. Fear of today, fear of tomorrow, fear of our neighbors, and fear of ourselves. Only when you understand that - can you understand what Hitler meant to us.
Because he said to us: 'Lift your heads! Be proud to be German! There are devils among us. Communists, Liberals, Jews, Gypsies! Once these devils will be destroyed, your misery will be destroyed.' It was the old, old story of the sacrifical lamb.
What about those of us who knew better? We who knew the words were lies and worse than lies? Why did we sit silent? Why did we take part? Because we loved our country! What difference does it make if a few political extremists lose their rights? What difference does it make if a few racial minorities lose their rights? It is only a passing phase. It is only a stage we are going through. It will be discarded sooner or later. Hitler himself will be discarded... sooner or later. The country is in danger.
We will march out of the shadows. We will go forward. Forward is the great password. And history tells how well we succeeded, your honor.
We succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.