BBC: BUSH'S GRANDFATHER PLANNED FASCIST COUP IN AMERICA

well, they didn't need to go through all that trouble...roosevelt, after all, had very high praise for mussolini, and adopted many of his economic policies for the new deal. and hitler admired the way roosevelt could implement his policies running over congress and the constitutional checks and balances. but this is an interesting investigation nonetheless.



BBC: Bush's Grandfather Planned Fascist Coup In America

New investigation sheds light
on clique of powerbrokers, including Prescott Bush, who sought to
overthrow U.S. government and implement Hitlerian policiesPaul Joseph
Watson

Prison Planet

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

A BBC Radio 4 investigation sheds new light on a major subject that has
received little historical attention, the conspiracy on behalf of a group
of influential powerbrokers, led by Prescott Bush, to overthrow FDR and
implement a fascist dictatorship in the U.S. based around the ideology
of Mussolini and Hitler.

In 1933, Marine Corps Maj.-Gen. Smedley Butler was approached by a wealthy
and secretive group of industrialists and bankers, including Prescott
Bush the current President's grandfather, who asked him to command a 500,000
strong rogue army of veterans that would help stage a coup to topple then
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

According
to the BBC, the plotters intended to impose a fascist takeover and
"Adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression."

The conspirators were operating under the umbrella
of a front group called the American Liberty League, which included many
families that are still household names today, including Heinz, Colgate,
Birds Eye and General Motors.

Butler played along with the clique to determine who was involved but
later blew the whistle and identified the ringleaders in testimony given
to the House Committee on un-American Activities.

However, the Committee refused to even question any of the individuals
named by Butler and his testimony was omitted from the record, leading
to charges that they were involved in covering the matter up, and
the majority of the media blackballed the story.

General Smedley Butler, author of the famous
quote "war is a racket", exposed the fascist plotters but was
subsequently demonized and shunned by the government and the media.

In 1936, William Dodd, the U.S. Ambassador to Germany, wrote a letter
to President Roosevelt in which he stated,

"A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist
state to supplant our democratic government and is working closely with
the fascist regime in Germany and Italy. I have had plenty of opportunity
in my post in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling
families are to the Nazi regime.... A prominent executive of one of
the largest corporations, told me point blank that he would be ready
to take definite action to bring fascism into America if President Roosevelt
continued his progressive policies. Certain American industrialists
had a great deal to do with bringing fascist regimes into being in both
Germany and Italy. They extended aid to help Fascism occupy the seat
of power, and they are helping to keep it there. Propagandists for fascist
groups try to dismiss the fascist scare. We should be aware of the symptoms.
When industrialists ignore laws designed for social and economic progress
they will seek recourse to a fascist state when the institutions of
our government compel them to comply with the provisions."

The proven record of Prescott
Bush's involvement in financing the Nazi war machine dovetails with
the fact that he was part of a criminal cabal that actively sought to
impose a fascist coup in America.

Prescott did not succeed but many would argue that two generations down
the line the mission has all but been accomplished.

Click here to listen
to the BBC Radio 4 investigation.