Guest guest Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 > " H > Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:20:08 -0700 (Pacific > Daylight Time) > New Evil Empire America has become what Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union used to be > > The New Evil Empire > America has become what Nazi Germany > and the Soviet Union used to be > By John Kaminski > skylax > 2-28-4 > > > Remember the Red Menace, also known as the Communist > threat? Or how about > the Third Reich, the creator of which became the > chief metaphor for evil in > the 20th century? > > Most Americans, certainly those younger than 30, > don't remember either. Hell > they don't even remember Vietnam or Nixon or The > Beatles. The terms and > their connotations are totally unfamiliar, unless > encountered in history > texts. Millions of Americans simply do not remember > what America used to > stand for - freedom, justice, equality - and as a > result, don't fully > comprehend the appalling reality of what America has > become. > > Once upon a time, back in the days of Elvis and the > hula hoop, when I was a > little shaver, I was taught in school that when > Germany took over France, > Poland and other European countries, that was wrong, > and the United States > sacrificed almost a half million of its own young > people to reverse those > situations in the name of freedom. And that happened > twice, 1916-18 and > 1941-45. > > In the same vein, I grew up being taught that the > Soviet Union's annexation > of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and all of > Eastern Europe was an evil > deed, and that for many years in a period called the > Cold War, the American > military objective was aimed at overturning this > unjust oppression. Back in > the 1950s when I was in elementary school, we used > to have routine Civil > Defense drills where we used to have to hide under > our desks pretending we > were about to be nuked by the Russians. Really! > > It's a new world now. For one thing, the population > of the planet has > doubled in those mere 50 years. And for another, it > is the United States > that is now sweeping the world, scooping up all > these other countries in the > name of capitalist democracy, and telling lies about > why it has to go to war > And instead of railing against the powerful giant > stealing freedom from all > these hapless victims, as it did in years past, the > American press is now > cheering it, justifying it in the increasingly > ambivalent names of > capitalism and democracy. Worse, the American people > are cheering it, too, > something that's never really happened in U.S. > history, when the people > support a war that they know is based on lies. > > Of course, the American press is cheering it because > it is the American > military doing it. Even the German and Russian press > aren't really > criticizing it in a serious way. Because there is no > country that can oppose > America, which spends more on its military than all > the other countries in > the world combined, yet still complains that it > needs to spend more, even as > its bridges and schools are falling apart and its > manufacturing base has > completely disappeared, precipitating its imminent > economic collapse. Still > the military spending increases, and war plans ooze > out like an evil ink > stain spreading across the globe. > The evil empire, number one threat to peace in the > world, is now the United > States. No more Red Menace. No more Third Reich. Now > it's a War on Terror > executed by the biggest terrorist of all - America, > the nation that killed > its own people by the thousands in order to trigger > World War III and > capture all the world's oil fields. > > Now the shoe is obviously on the other foot. The > United States has now > assumed the role of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia > at their worst and all > rolled into one. It has troops poised and > threatening in 127 other countries > By the diabolical mechanisms of the World Trade > Organization and the > International Monetary Fund, it has already > plundered most other countries > financially, stealing their utilities and > impoverishing their inhabitants. > And those nations who resist this financial con > game, like Yugoslavia, are > simply invaded and coerced into servitude. Those > nations who play the game, > like Russia and Argentina, are reduced to abject > poverty with a few > pro-Western billionaires owning everything. > > And woe to those nations who won't play the game, > like Iraq. They are > obliterated and turned into permanent war zones. > Their people are murdered > in their sleep by hopped-up American soldiers who > are told by their cynical > leaders that they are spreading democracy, when > really what they are > spreading are endless opportunities for plunder by > politically connected > corporations. > > And America's leader lie about absolutely > everything. Never at any time in > my personal history has there been a time when an > American president has not > at least accidentally told the truth about > something, but that time is now. > Once upon a time, Americans used to preach the cause > of freedom and justice > for all. It's actually written in their Pledge of > Allegiance. But they don't > adhere to that anymore. After all, Americans have > canceled their Bill of > Rights, which once made them famous - made them > loved! - all over the world. > Now they are feared all over the world. Reviled. > When Americans launched > their worldwide war on terror - based on a > treasonous event in which they > killed large numbers of their own people - they > betrayed the whole world. > They betrayed every dream of freedom anybody ever > had anywhere. > > The people who did it did it for a few billion > dollars. Can you blame them? > It's easy money blowing up countries and blaming it > on somebody else. Even > you might do it if you had the chance. Americans > support such an idea. It's > capitalism at its best, controlling the market, make > money on the > destruction by selling the weapons, make money on > the reconstruction by > involving your friends in the contracts, no public > bids, of course. So you > lose a few dark-skinned lives. The world is > overpopulated anyway. Look at it > as population control (although that it another, > much larger topic). > > Things have become so ugly in the United States that > the liberal opposition > candidate for president tells peace activists to > " Get over it! " That there > will be no peace no matter who is president. That > America is united to > overrun and ravish the whole world, simply because > there is no one to stop > it. This is the America that was venerated and > admired all over the world. > This is what America became when there was no other > power to keep it honest. > It became dishonest - and a killer nation. > More- http://www.rense.com/general49/evil.htm > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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