(Sturmabteilung, Storm Troopers), also known as “Brown Shirts" the Nazi Party militia that helped Adolf Hitler rise to power in Germany. Created in 1922, the SA's supposed purpose was to guard Nazi Party meetings, but in actuality, Hitler meant for the group to serve as the Nazi army. (Wikipedia)
(CBP) United States Customs and Border Protection is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security and is the country's primary border control organization. (Wikipedia)
(ICE) The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a law enforcement agency of the federal government of the United States tasked to enforce the immigration laws of the United States and to investigate the criminal and terrorist activity of transnational organizations and aliens within the United States. (Wikipedia)
In a 1962 letter as a last-ditch effort for clemency, Holocaust organizer Adolf Eichmann wrote that he and other low-level officers were “forced to serve as mere instruments,” shifting the responsibility for the deaths of millions of Jews to his superiors. The “just following orders” defense, made famous in the post-WWII Nuremberg Trials featured heavily in Eichmann’s court hearings. But that same year Stanley Milgram, a Yale University psychologist, conducted a series of famous experiments that tested whether “ordinary” folks would inflict harm on another person after following orders from an authoritative figure. Shockingly, the results suggested any human was capable of a heart of darkness. (PBS/News Hour)
HISTORY the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.the whole series of past events connected with someone or something. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," an observation by philosopher and writer George Santayana. History does sometimes repeat itself, but it is usually when lessons of experience have been forgotten or ignored.
Look around America, we have seen these ghosts haunting our human world before. What is it that is too difficult to say, I have a conscience and cannot continue to be the carpenter of a crazy man? Why is it we pretend that anyone with an important title in front of his or her name is suddenly ALWAYS correct, and we, if we even say no, are incorrect!
