Our President’s continued refusal to restrict Ebola-stricken West African travel appears to be irrational, but he has his reasons.
When a tide in the affairs of men turns, jeopardizing a legacy of great power and authority, what will be his probable behavior, and the consequence for those under his shadow?
Walter C. Langer, Consultant, M.O. Branch, OSS compiled a comprehensive psychological analysis of Adolph Hitler to answer just such a question. Langer begins with a multiplicity of observations and apt summations e.g.,
His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it" (Walter C. Langer, Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C., "A Psychological Analysis of Adolph Hitler, date illegible, (declassified, 12, March, 1968).
Langer concludes with a number of potential scenarios, the more dramatic seem most characteristic of the Fuehrer's rhetoric, "We shall not capitulate...no, never. We my be destroyed, but if we are, we shall drag a world with us...a world in flames."
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and... He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision (Psalm 2:1-4).
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