Standing at the brink

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SELF-INFLICTED TERRORISM

 

 

 

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Original Article at

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January 28, 2006

 

Standing at the brink

 

By Charles Sullivan

 

Let us understand that we are witnessing history in the process of

repeating itself, as it so often does. Our ignorance of unwritten

history is what dooms us to repeat it. So much of written history has

been fictionalized to make martyrs of the worst kind of human beings.

What is happening in America today has parallels to events that

unfolded in other nations in modern history; and always with

catastrophic results for humankind. Most notable, perhaps, was the

rise to power of Nazism embodied by Adolph Hitler last century.

 

Norman Livergood has summed up the American predicament most

accurately and succinctly.

 

" American citizens must realize that the Democratic Party leaders have

now caved in to the Republican Party.

 

The so called " compromise " was nothing more than an abject

capitulation by the Democrats to Republican threats. The Neanderthal,

right-wing, reactionary judges Bush demanded will now be confirmed.

 

We are in Germany, 1933. The so-called moderate German leaders have

deluded themselves into believing they can " control " Hitler by

capitulation to him—with the connivance of Goering, his henchman has

seized all power through the " Enabling Act, " destroying the Reichstag

(House and Senate). Hitler has suspended elections and appointed

himself Dictator.

 

The reign of terror has begun! "

 

Norman Livergood's words should sound hauntingly familiar. They should

alarm any wakeful citizen and make their skin crawl with repulsion.

The people, made ignorant by the aide of a condescending commercial

media that is a servant to power, reassuringly whisper to themselves

that this cannot be happening to us, not here. That was then, this is

now. A different climate existed in Nazi Germany than exists here in

America. Our president and his coterie are our protectors, as well as

defenders of freedom and democracy. They are people of faith,

church-goers. We must place our faith in them as servants to humanity.

 

How, then, do we find ourselves in the condition of a rat inescapably

suffocating within the coils of a Boa Constrictor, gasping its final

breath?

The end is coming and it is coming soon, if we do not awaken from our

collective stupor. The life is being strangled out of us and we do not

even struggle to free ourselves. We think we are a free people with

inalienable rights, as the reptile prepares to swallow its prey.

Naiveté, as well as ignorance, can get us killed.

 

Hitler was aided in his ascent to the role of Dictatorship by

Germany's Enabling Act. Bush and his cabal are being aided by the

National Security Agency, Patriot Act Two; self inflicted terrorism,

the corporate media and Diebold Corporation. Each of these components

are cogs in a wheel of fascism that is running rough shod over the

planet, killing hope everywhere.

 

The NSA is engaged in an extensive campaign to spy upon ordinary law

abiding citizens, in clear violation of our right to privacy. Our

every move, our every word, is being monitored and evaluated by hidden

eyes that operate in front of sinister minds. Those who utter truth

are the enemies of fascism. They must be monitored and if they become

too effective as organizers, they must be rounded up and imprisoned,

as dissidents always are.

 

The probability that another self inflicted terrorist attack will

occur on American soil has already been planted in the public

conscience; even as the Bush cabal, with the aide of its chief ally in

empire—Israel, is preparing to instigate war with Iran. As was the

case with Iraq, Iran's threat will be grossly exaggerated and its

leadership demonized in the Western media. This war, connived amid the

same gross lies and distortions that resulted in the invasion and

occupation of Iraq—the modern Viet Nam—may well be waged with nuclear

munitions far worse than the depleted uranium used against Iraq.

Iran's defense infrastructure lies beneath many feet of concrete and

only nuclear weapons are capable of penetrating them.

 

A US-Israel attack on Iran is eminent, probably no later than March or

April; or it might come as late as June. When this occurs the Middle

East will become a vortex of fire and brimstone that is beyond

control. It will assume a life, a momentum of its own, with global

consequences. The Boa Constrictor is tightening its grip on power, as

it acts to defend the imperialist dollar against the more equitable

Iranian Bourse.

 

If and when another self inflicted terrorist attack is launched on

American soil, the constitution will likely be suspended, martial law

declared, and a full blown dictatorship will be unleashed upon us. A

significant segment of the citizenry, bred on ignorance and nourished

by fear, will welcome the event with open arms, just as did the

citizens of Germany in 1933.

 

The fervor of Nationalism will once again drown out all reasonable

discussion, as well as the objective examination of the evidence.

Flags and yellow ribbons will become ubiquitous, while those who

struggle to uphold the Constitution will be denounced as unpatriotic

traitors. Rational thought will be suspended and labeled as dangerous

and subversive.

 

The fascists, regardless of their party affiliation, have no intention

of relinquishing power in our lifetimes. Their objective is to control

the world economy, to maintain the concentration of wealth among the

few, and to use the world's poor and disenfranchised as their servants.

 

When this catalyzing event occurs, as it certainly will, rigged

elections will no longer be necessary. Diebold, with its clear ties to

corporate wealth, will no longer be required to supply the machinery

of despotism—the monsters of oppression will be fully upon us. Then

there will be little need to practice deception, except to inspire the

hatred of our perceived enemies. The long nightmare will have begun.

The spiral into the abyss of hell will finally be under way. Truth

will be kept safely hidden from public view, and distorted into

unrecognizable forms.

 

In truth, however, it is not turban-wearing terrorists of Middle

Eastern decent that threaten our lives and our freedoms; it is the

domestic terrorists that hold public offices who will destroy us. The

real enemy stealthily moves unencumbered in our midst, posing as our

protectors, as guardians of democracy. The dangers now facing us as a

people are truly beyond exaggeration.

 

We stand on the brink of the collapse of both the domestic and global

economies, engineered by the plutocrats and corporatists who represent

the world's wealthiest one percent of the global population. This

makes them a small but powerful minority. It also means that we out

number them ninety-nine to one. Those are pretty good odds in any

conflict; and they are good odds in a revolution. But only if we act

to save ourselves and the world as we know it. The first step is to

awaken the masses.

 

If we fail to unite with the vast majority of our fellow law abiding,

peace loving citizens around this planet of majesty; if we fail to

work across all of the boundaries that have kept us separate and

disempowered for so many years, we will deserve the unimaginably

horrible fate that awaits us on the other side of the Rubicon. I pray

that we possess the requisite wisdom and strength of character not go

there.

 

 

 

Authors Bio: Charles Sullivan is a furniture maker, photographer, and

free lance writer residing in the eastern panhandle of West Virgina.

He welcomes your comments at earthdog