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| Western Leftists agree to commit treason |
| 2005-08-23 |
| Bringing together anarchists, Marxists and radical Muslims, new coalitions of Americans and Brits are joining forces not only to express opposition to the U.S. presence in Iraq but in some cases to urge outright support for the insurgents there killing GIs on a nearly daily basis. Writing in a recent edition of the International Socialist Review, Paul D'Amato argues, "If the war is one of imperialist conquest, and the resistance opposes that conquest, then by definition the Iraqi resistance is a legitimate war of national liberation." D'Amato says that to deny support for the resistance is synonymous with rejecting national independence for Iraq. The anarchist site anarkismo.net, while teasing the possibility of support for the insurgents, ultimately urges against it, partly because the terrorists in Iraq allegedly are "pro-capitalist." "Probably most of the fighters in the resistance (also called insurgents) are motivated by a just desire to get rid of foreign occupiers," writes Wayne Price on the group's site. "The movement is heterogeneous. But their leadership seems to be mostly Islamicist authoritarians, who want to establish a theocratic dictatorship and are explicitly pro-capitalist." Despite the action of the "resistance" to route out the Americans, the characteristics cited by the anarchists, such as the fact their "tendencies have much in common with fascism" appear to disqualify them for support. Meanwhile, the exteme leftist group Codepink is teaming up with radical Muslims to push opposition to American presence in Iraq. Codepink is joining hands with the Muslim Public Affairs Council to sponsor an event next month in Culver City, Calif., to help unveil a new book, "Why They Don't Hate Us: Unveiling the Axis of Evil" by Mark LeVine, a leftist activists who says an "Axis of Empathy" as the only strategy that can bring about a long-term solution to the war between radical Islam and the West. The executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council is Baghdad-born Salam Al-Marayati, known for his extreme anti-Israel, anti-American statements dating back to 9-11 and before. In the United Kingdom, according to the London Spectator, a steering committee has been organized to coordinate activities of a cooperative effort joining Marxists and other leftists with radical Islamists. The committee consists of 18 from myriad hard-left groups, three from the radical wing of Britain's Labour Party, eight from the ranks of the radical Islamists and four leftist ecologists. Writes Christopher Chantrill in the American Thinker: "The formal coalition between the hard left and the Islamists is a shock. It is difficult to believe that the secular left could really find common cause with religious fundamentalists of any stripe. But we should remember our history. In World War I, progressive souls sympathized with the German effort to humble the capitalist nation of shopkeepers. In World War II, progressives were indifferent to the fate of the European democracies until Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. In World War III, they actively cheered for the Soviets although they denied the right of anyone to complain about it. "It makes complete sense that the left’s first act in the 21st century should be to form a coalition with a new anti-Western force. The war against democratic capitalism continues. Can |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #6 Western Leftists agree to suicide Poor misguided souls, burn em down. EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-08-23 14:08 |
| #5 "Bringing together anarchists, Marxists and radical Muslims, new coalitions of Americans and Brits are joining forces" Preferably in one room on the Afgan-Pak border. Moose, I love to see what you propose happen but I am afraid it's late in the game for the Bush Admin and they have more pertinent issues on the plate. For the DOJ to go after this, is to provide red meat for the MSM. Remember, its summer and the MSM is bored out of their mind. Also, Gonzales have higher aspirations so please don't look to him. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-23 12:02 |
| #4 Right now, before push comes to shove, the US must have a serious debate on "When it is time to supress those who give aid and comfort to the enemy". There is ample precedent: the Civil War, World War I, World War II and the Cold War. The important point is to set the ground rules up now, so as to avoid politically motivated persecution, like when Earl Warren lobbyied Frank Roosevelt to keep the Japanese in concentration camps long after they were determined to not be a threat, with the idea of getting the dust bowl Okie vote for him in southern California (which didn't work anyway). For once, when and if there is a crackdown on villains, it should be because they did something already illegal, and they knew it was illegal, and did it anyway with criminal intent to give aid and comfort to the enemy. Reasonable people should be capable of determining ahead of time what is legitimate dissent and what is unlawful conduct. Remember also that during wartime, the ordinary rules of conduct are much stricter then during peace, as it may jeopardize the lives of Americans in combat. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-08-23 11:48 |
| #3 ..too embarassed by marxisms myriad failures... Hey, there's nothing wrong with Marxism other than the fact that it doesn't work and that everything Marx ever wrote is both wrong and boring. Perhaps someday, in a glorious golden future, when people talk about Marxism, they will be refering to the zany antics of Groucho, Harpo and Chico. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-08-23 11:33 |
| #2 Western patriots and soldiers agree to kill people who commit treason, upholding the oath sworn to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-08-23 10:16 |
| #1 lots of meat to gnaw on here. I'll stick to a pet peeve of mine. So called anarchists are just marxists who are too embarassed by marxisms myriad failures to call themselves such. The real anarchists long got fed up with these brainless idiots and labelled themselves liberterians. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-08-23 10:15 |