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| The Reds, The Browns and the Greens or The Convergence of Totalitarianisms |
| 2005-07-15 |
| Alexandre del Valle le 06/12/2004 [translated from the French by Erich von Abele] Since the instigation of the second Intifada al Aqsa, in September of 2000; since September 11, 2001, which marked the end of the inviolability of America's strategic sanctuary; and, above all, since the second Iraqi crisis, which has resulted in the dismantling of the regime of Saddam Hussein, one has been able to note throughout the West the emergence of a Red-Green-Brown Axis (the Red of the extreme left, the Brown of the extreme right, and the Green of Islamism). The different components of this Axis have for a common objective the struggle against the new faces of Evil: America , Israel , âImperialismâ, and even the West in its entirety. The objective alliances among these three ideologies, we will see, did not begin just yesterday. But it is undeniable that the events since the beginning of the new millennium have contributed particularly to their collusion. In effect, the use of the term âcrusadeâ by George W. Bush on the day after September 11 has been seen as a provocation, as much among the anti-clerical extreme left and extreme right as it has among the Islamic milieusâwhence the evermore revealing convergence among, on the one hand, those nostalgic for the first two totalitarianisms (the Browns and the Reds) and, on the other hand, the protagonists of revolutionary Islamism. These latter affect to defend the Arab masses who are âoccupiedâ as much as the poor, the weak, and the âhumiliatedâ of the Third World, the victims of the new Judeo-Christian âimperialistâ Crusaders. The recent public standpoints expressed by the famous terrorist Carlos, among others, lead quite clearly in this direction (1). It is evident that Islamism, the third totalitarianism after Nazism and Communism, echoes to a definite extent the aspirations of its two predecessors: seizing the struggle of civilizations and religions, then declaring war on the Judeo-Christian world in the name of the âdispossessedâ of the rest of the planet, Islamism seduces as much those nostalgic for the pagan Third Reich, resolved to eradicate Judaism and Christianity, as it does those partisans of the hammer and sickle, determined to come to blows with the âbourgeoisâ and âcapitalistâ West. The nerve center of this despised system: Manhattan , âthe planetary district of mercenaries of the economic and financial war that America wreaks on the worldâ, according to the words of Carlos (2). It was no surprise, then, to see the Browns, the Reds and the Greens rejoice together at the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and to identify bin Laden as a new David against an imperial âAmerican-Zionistâ Goliath. It was no surprise, either, to witness the enthusiasm of these three totalitarian movements converge around the âheroicâ struggle conducted since March 2003 by the remnant Baathist rebels and Islamist Shiites of Iraq against the American occupation of Mesopotamia . Evidently, this Red-Brown-Green Axis of âanti-hegemonicâ and âanti-imperialisticâ hatred was reinforced since the first years of the 1990s and the fall of the Soviet Union . This paradoxical and neo-totalitarian assemblage has seen its apogee on the day after September 11 and, above all, during the winter and spring of 2003, with the benefit of the vast campaign of anti-Americanism conducted in the Western world by the opponents of the war against the regime of Saddam. This junction of Red, Brown and Green totalitarianisms around the cause of Palestinian martyrs, Iraqis and Afghans, as much as the revolutionary figure of Usama bin Laden, confirms the leadership, henceforth uncontested, of revolutionary Islamism. From now on, this exerts a real fascination upon the other totalitarian options defeated by history (Nazism and Communism) and, consequently, condemned either to reconstitute themselves or to join the Islamist revolution in order to pursue their struggle against liberal democracies. [...] Rest at link, long but very interesting as a backgrounder. Alexandre Del Valle is the leading french writer on islamism, decried by the left because of his far-right roots (he even had Guillaume Faye, the prophet of of french-muslim civil war ghostwrites for him), and by the right-wingers because he's now seen as too pro-US and zionist (which is paradoxical, as he's General Gallois's protegé, and long had a very eurasian geopolitical worldview and was suspicious of the USA, most notably their past alliance with islam; he's certainly a vocal advocate of Isreael, though). Read it all, as they say! Other articles in english : http://www.alexandredelvalle.com/publications.php?rub=etrangers&rub2=48 |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #4 I think Tim rocks, awright. Does he expound on what this useless (I prefer a characterization which includes pointless and perfectly round, smooth-brained like a cue ball, lol) force will end up doing? Lemmings? Future Wireheads? Or just continued loud gnashing of teeth and hand-wringing? It's like walking under a streetlight in early summer in Texas - you squish 10 June bugs with every step. Not a problem, just a little disgusting, y'know? I know Atomic Conspiracy (AC) has been all over this and related topics for at least 2 yrs here at RB - with special focus on the propaganda aspects (See: The Conquest of Cool). And he is The Troll Exterminator Extraordinaire, as well. Kinda like a King Croc - if he decides to chew on you, it's all over, man, lol. "Genius" works for me, too, Ship - AC's a maniac or a wizard, or both, lol. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-15 16:11 |
| #3 Blair's Law⢠â the ongoing process by which the world's multiple idiocies are becoming one giant, useless force. Tim Blair stated it first, I believe. |
| Posted by: Spaten 2005-07-15 15:52 |
| #2 I've always wondered where AC's stroke of genius occured. I'd like to think he was on a cable car headed up Telegraph Hill when the various insane dins merged into one pure screech of lunacy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-15 13:27 |
| #1 AC was way ahead of the curve with his Grand Unified Moonbat theory. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-15 13:25 |