Hitler as well as Pound admired Mussolini. Hitler patterned himself on Mussolini. Mussolini's Black Shirts were the prototype for Hitler's Brown Shirts (S.A.). Hitler had this thing for Mussolini (not the other way around) and stood by him through Mussolini's 'adventures' in Ethiopia and Greece. Their brands of fascism were very similar. Some historians say that if Hitler hadn't spent so much energy on bailing Mussolini out of Greece that he might have succeeded in Russia. For Lawrence, you said in your post in big letters that we need to be FIGHTING BACK. Your emphasis. Kindly supply specifics of how we are to do that, i.e., politically, militarily, economically, just how? Surely if you're advocating something in capital letters you have some idea of what you're advocacy looks like? > [Original Message] > From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 6/25/2006 4:28:06 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Aren't you glad you no longer have a Hitler problem? > > Omar writes that Ezra Pound supported Hitler. As far as I know, this is > false. He was an admirer of Mussolini, and believed that he would be the > salvation of Italy, and that Italy (not Germany) would be the salvation > of Europe. > > Robert Paul > Reed College > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html