{"id":5377,"date":"2012-01-30T08:21:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5377"},"modified":"2012-01-30T08:21:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T15:21:14","slug":"fia-shows-its-colors-in-history-for-admiration-for-tyrants-and-abusers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5377","title":{"rendered":"FIA shows its colors in history for admiration for tyrants and abusers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nazi tyrant Adolf Hitler got things done, says Bernie Ecclestone<\/strong><br \/>\n5 July, 2009 &#8211; Lauren Crooks &#8211; Sunday Mail<\/p>\n<p>FORMULA ONE chief Bernie Ecclestone has sparked outrage after praising Hitler&#8217;s ability to &#8220;get things done&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken billionaire also slammed today&#8217;s politicians for being weak and declared Britain was wrong to help overthrow Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed democracy had done nothing for Britain and we would be better off with a government based on tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;In a lot of ways &#8211; terrible to say this I suppose &#8211; but apart from the fact that Hitler got persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the way that he could command a lot of people, able to get things done.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the end he got lost, so he wasn&#8217;t a very good dictator.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ecclestone went on to slate Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, saying: &#8220;I prefer strong leaders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Margaret Thatcher made decisions on the run and got the job done. She was the one who built this country up slowly and we&#8217;ve let it go down again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All these guys &#8211; Gordon and Tony &#8211; are trying to please everybody all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He claimed democracy was a failure, saying: &#8220;It hasn&#8217;t done a lot of good for many countries &#8211; including this one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed close friend Max Mosley would do a better job as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Motorsport boss Mosley &#8211; son of Sir Oswald Mosley who headed up the British Union of Fascists &#8211; was recently accused of being a dictator by F1 racing teams.<\/p>\n<p>Ecclestone insisted: &#8220;Max would do a super job. He&#8217;s a good leader. I don&#8217;t think his background would be a problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The F1 boss also claimed Britain and America should have stayed out of Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;We did a terrible thing when we supported the idea of getting rid of Saddam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was the only one who could control that country. It was the same with the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We move into countries and we have no idea of the culture &#8211; the Americans probably thought Bosnia was a town in Miami.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/uk-world-news\/2009\/07\/05\/nazi-tyrant-adolf-hitler-got-things-done-says-bernie-ecclestone-78057-21496040\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D5377&amp;text=FIA+shows+its+colors+in+history+for+admiration+for+tyrants+and+abusers&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nazi tyrant Adolf Hitler got things done, says Bernie Ecclestone 5 July, 2009 &#8211; Lauren Crooks &#8211; Sunday Mail FORMULA ONE chief Bernie Ecclestone has sparked outrage after praising Hitler&#8217;s ability to &#8220;get things done&#8221;. 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