One. Two. Three. Four---What the hell are we remembering for?

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One. Two. Three. Four---What the hell are we remembering for?

 

 

 

 

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One. Two. Three. Four---What the hell are we remembering for?

Greg Felton

 

This Remembrance Day, I will show my respect for Canada's war dead in

a different way - I will not wear a poppy.

 

The poppy, John McRae's In Flanders Fields and the commemoration of

the two world wars are part of a ritual that has become a perverse

anachronism. Simply put, the world that these wars engendered no

longer exists, in spirit or in fact.

 

Remembrance Day, for the most part, commemorates victories in " good

wars " - wars where we could clearly claim to be fighting on the side

of right and justice. The men and women who died in these wars, gave

their lives so that we today could live free from tyranny. But do we

seriously believe that our soldiers, airmen and sailors fought against

Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan only to bequeath to us

a world terrorized by Israel, the U.S. and Great Britain?

 

What right do we have to indulge the conceit of our own virtue when we

have become the enemy and are doing to Arabs and the Middle East what

Hitler did to Jewish Europeans and Europe?

 

If you find this comparison a tad extreme let me show you how Bush

prepared the U.S. public for the destruction of Iraq in his Jan. 28,

2003, State of the Union address:

 

" In this century, the ideology of power and domination has appeared

again, and seeks to gain the ultimate weapons of terror. Once again,

this nation and all our friends are all that stand between a world at

peace, and a world of chaos and constant alarm. Once again, we are

called to defend the safety of our people, and the hopes of all

mankind. And we accept this responsibility. (Applause.)...

 

" Whatever action is required, whenever action is necessary, I will

defend the freedom and security of the American people. (Applause.)

Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the

materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX

nerve agent. In such quantities, these chemical agents could also kill

untold thousands. He's not accounted for these materials. He has given

no evidence that he has destroyed them...

 

" We Americans have faith in ourselves, but not in ourselves alone. We

do not know - we do not claim to know all the ways of Providence, yet

we can trust in them, placing our confidence in the loving God behind

all of life, and all of history. May He guide us now. And may God

continue to bless the United States of America. "

 

Now, here is an excerpt from Hitler's Dec. 11, 1941, speech to the

Reichstag that contains his reasons for invading the Soviet Union:

 

" The German people and its soldiers work and fight today not only for

themselves and their own age, but also for many generations to come. A

historical task of unique dimensions has been entrusted to us by the

Creator which we are now obliged to carry out... I have not sought

war. To the contrary, I have done everything to avoid conflict. But I

would forget my duty and my conscience if I were to do nothing in

spite of the realization that a conflict had become unavoidable.

Because I regarded Soviet Russia as a danger not only for the German

Reich but for all of Europe, I decided, if possible, to give the order

myself to attack a few days before the outbreak of this conflict.

 

A truly impressive amount of authentic material is now available which

confirms that a Soviet Russian attack was intended. We are also sure

about when this attack was to take place. In view of this danger, the

extent of which we are perhaps only now truly aware, I can only thank

the Lord God that He enlightened me in time and has given me the

strength to do what must be done. Millions of German soldiers may

thank Him for their lives, and all of Europe for its existence. "

 

Hitler and Bush are both messianic sociopaths who lied about an

immanent threat to justify unleashing total war in the name of God.

Canada went to war to defeat one of them, yet we are supposed to

remember the other as the great saviour of the free world.

 

The false dichotomy between " evil " Nazis and " good " Allies allows for

the abuse of Nazi imagery to justify Nazi-like aggression. Those who

belong to the Israeli-U.S.-British axis use Hitler analogies to

demonize Arab resistance fighters and Arab states, but this slander

debases Remembrance Day and everything our veterans fought and died for.

 

Hitler led a great militaristic state driven by chauvinism, bigotry

and expansionist zeal. No Arab state bears any resemblance to Nazi

Germany. Israel and the U.S., though, are great militaristic states

driven by chauvinism, bigotry and expansionist zeal.

 

Jews, the victims of Hitler's genocide campaign, are waging a genocide

against Palestinian Arabs. The U.S., which used to extol individual

liberties and denounce torture, is now a police state that justifies

torture in the name of the " war on terrorism. " Who will stand up to

Isramerica?

 

The cruel truth is that World War II didn't end in 1945. The contrived

" peace " of the Cold War was merely a long hibernation that ended when

the Soviet Union collapsed. Hitler's master race fascism didn't die

either; it found new ground in Israel.

 

It's time to dispense with Remembrance Day until such time as we can

commemorate the past without choking on our own hypocrisy. In the

meantime, the motto " lest we forget " should be changed to " let us

remember " :

 

Let us remember what fascism is and to speak out for its victims.

 

Let us remember that " never again " does not just apply to Jews.

 

Let us remember that the past has no value if its lessons are ignored.

 

Let us remember that the ally of yesterday can become the tyrant of today.

 

Let us remember that if we do nothing when great crime is being

committed we are complicit.