The ultimate triumph over radicalism and terror...

Doug Mills - New York Times

"We fight today, because Iraq now carries the hope of freedom in a vital region of the world, and the rise of democracy will be the ultimate triumph over radicalism and terror," he said. "And we fight today because terrorists want to attack our country and kill our citizens, and Iraq is where they are making their stand."
George Bush

Totalitarian regimes manage to attract both the mob afflicted by its "mixture of gullibility and cynicism", and the elites. They tell lies. They take advantage of the unthinkibility of their atrocities; "the very immensity of the crimes guarantees the murderers, who proclaim their innocence with all manner of lies, will be more readily believed than the victims who tell the truths".
Hannah Arendt