Benito Mussolini-
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/...9c51b885256afe00658b19
And it doesn't really matter who initiates the merger, or the details- corporatists win, everybody else loses...
As for the disingenuous reference to the delusional whackjobs in Waco, DefRef, all warrants were properly, if stupidly served, and none of  them was ever held w/o charge. Not that I'm a fan of the way the situation was handled, but the rule of law, and of the Constitution, was upheld. 
Regarding the current lurch towards totalitarianism- To paraphrase justice Stevens, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson and a few other notables, we cannot allow our government to use the tools of tyrants even when fighting against it. To do so is to assume that role ourselves- probably a little deep for you, DefRef, something to puzzle over... in between regurgitating far right catch phrases and jingoes...
As is the charge that my side got 3000 killed- Bush was in charge, last time I checked, and had likened pursuing Bin Laden to swatting at flies... adopting a "make my day" attitude about terrorism in general.
So far, the Republican convention has played like a tent revival- a masterful blend of fear, loathing, 9/11 and jebus, and that chant of "four more years" eerily reminiscent of the early years of the thousand year reich.