Geez. I sure hope not, Carol.

Yeah, Foolestroupe, Hitler had the German public easily convinced in September '39 (through a compliant media) that the Poles attacked Germany first (a hilariously unlikely notion). He also had them convinced that the Poles were committing atrocities against ethnic Germans in Poland, etc...the usual propaganda that is used to launch a war of choice. If it was now instead of then, he'd be telling his German citizenry that the Poles were building Weapons of Mass Destruction with the intention of bombing German cities...."and we have to stop them NOW before it is too late!!!"

What does the average person do when his government and media tell him such things? He believes them.