Saturday,
September 09, 2006
Islamic Fascism; Is it Really
??
The ANNOTICO
Report
Between now and
Election Day we'll see GE. Bush's minions flaunt the "Islamic fascist " line repeatedly and unabashedly to garner
votes. It may be good politics but it is lousy
history.
Keep in mind
that: J. B. Priestly in the "Root Is Fear" wrote "Almost all propaganda
is designed to create fear. Heads of governments and their officials know that
a frightened people are easier to govern, will forfeit rights it would
otherwise defend, are less likely to demand a better life, and will agree to
millions and millions being spent on 'defense.'"
Sir Ian Hamilton
wrote that "Propaganda as inverted patriotism draws nourishment from the
sins of the enemy. If there are no sins, invent them!" Joseph Gobbles
claimed "Propaganda has only one object: to conquer the masses. Every
means that furthers this aim is good; every means that hinders it is bad." .......... Look/Sound Familiar
????
Therefore as you
read the descriptions and distinctions below, one might
feel again in the "Twilight Zone of Truth." Shades
of "non existent WMDs", or "supposed
If the cause is
Just, why must it be conveyed with so many lies and distortions
????? Maybe Not so Just???
While I am not a
great supporter of ANY Extremist Fundamentalist Religion, (Christian, Jewish,
Islam), and I can really only appreciate one aspect of any religion, that is
its emphasis on Morality, I wonder what the basis is for the knee jerk
revulsion to a Religious Islam Democracy?
Islamic Fascism: The PROPAGANDA of our Time
By Paul R. Dunn: Columnist and Author: Touching Raw Nerves: A Liberal Yankee Columnist Takes on
Conservative
In October and
November of 2005 and in May, June and August of 2006 the President of the
The pejorative
term has been used by many propagandists on the far right to equate modern
Islam with
General George C.
Marshall believed American boys going overseas needed an honest definition of
the "ism" they were fighting against. He issued Army Orientation Fact
Sheet No. 64, which read, "Fascism: is government by the few, and for the
few." Webster's definition of fascism is far more precise: "A
governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly
suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce and
emphasizing aggressive nationalism and often racism."
Mussolini coined
the term fascism. He was a journalist and a war-wounded political activist who
believed
Benito
Mussolini's philosophy was "All for the state, nothing outside the state;
nothing against the state." He believed that "Fascism denies that the
majority, by the simple fact that it is a majority, can direct human society;
it denies that numbers alone can govern by means of a periodical consultation,
and it affirms the immutable, beneficial and fruitful inequality of
mankind." The common street slogan for Italian fascists was "Order,
hierarchy, discipline."
Fascism was
adopted in
Are
Bin Laden, with a
price on his head and hiding in a cave, is hardly such a leader. He is
considered the enemy of all moderate Muslim leaders. History will fail to find valid parallels
between fascism, fascist governments and the disparate forces opposing us in
Eric S. Margolis,
in "The Big Lie About 'Islamic Fascism," debunks the term. He argues
"Fascism demands a succession of wars, foreign conquests, and national
threats to keep the nation in a state of fear, anxiety and patriotic
hypertension." None are elements of the modern Muslim world.
The trouble with
catchy propaganda phrases like "Axis of Evil" and "Islamic
Fascism" is that they have to be able to stand the test of time. "One
Nation Under God" and "A government of the
people, by the people and for the people" have stood up well and served to
unite Americans of all parties and faiths.
Does anyone know
of a slogan the so-called Islamic fascists are promoting? The White House has
lumped under the Islamic fascist umbrella such totally diverse elements as
Al-Qaeda, the Iranian government, the Taliban, the
Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hizbullah,
yet none label or consider themselves fascist. And more to the point, their
followers do not profess a fascist agenda. Critics of the use of the term point
out that to a Muslim, the term is both offensive and historically without merit
or accuracy. Muslims universally perceive Allah as their true leader, not some
self-professed worldly fascist. There are no members of the Aryan Nation or
Skin Heads, who idolize Hitler, to be found within their ranks.
The fiercest
fighting in
The fact that the
highly fractured Arab and Muslim worlds are significantly anti-American was not
caused by a call for Islamic fascism. It flows from the
Anti-U.S.
sentiment was further heightened when we supplied and then resupplied
arms, bombs and aircraft to
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BY RAA:
It is important
to understand that when the term "Democracy" rolls off our tongue so
nicely, that to be practical, and understand that when both parties are "purchased"
by Corporate interests, that is NOT Democracy, that is instead a Corporate
Oligarchy, or Plutocracy.
When the majority
shows pronounced interest in certain issues, but that they are ignored on every
governmental level, that is not Democracy. When the Needs of the Many take a
Back Seat to the Wants/Greed of the Few, That is
Not Democracy!
Interestingly
enough, Playwright George Bernard Shaw called fascism, "Capitalist
Dictatorship." Something similar to what we NOW have in the
Is
was
Kennedy that said "Ask Not what your country can do for You, But what You
can do for your Country", but it was the message Mussolini regularly delivered.
The State is All, And All for the State.
Allowing Propoganda, Slogans or Bumper Stickers to drive our actions
rather than some thoughtful contemplation makes us all less Free.
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