"Monsters to Destroy" - Localists & Globalists
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MONSTERS TO DESTROY
by Bill Bonner
"On the 4th of July, 1821, John Quincy Adams looked into
the future and offered some advice."
"America, he noted, "goes not abroad in search of
monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom
and independence of all. She is the champion and
vindicator only of her own... She well knows that by
once enlisting under other banners than her own, were
they even the banners of foreign independence, she would
involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all
the wars of interest and intrigue, or individual
avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and
usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of
her policy would insensibly change from liberty to
force... She might become the dictatress of the world.
She would be no longer the ruler of here own spirit."
..."During the 20th century," writes my old friend, Rick
Maybury, "U.S. forces were sent into foreign conflicts
no less than 188 times. Since 1898, every president,
both democrat and republican, has ordered American
troops into far corners of the globe, usually not to
defend liberty, but to train, equip or provide other
kinds of help to the armed forces of crooks and tyrants.
These Washington-backed terrorists have included Saddam
Hussein in Iraq, Manuel Noriega in Panama, President
Diem of Vietnam, the Shah of Iran, Marcos of the
Philippines, Batista in Cuba, Mobutu in the Congo,
Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan, General Park in Korea,
Suharto and Habibie in Indonesia and many others."
..."You are either with us or against us," warns George W.
Bush, saying something that is obviously untrue.
Doubters "only aid terrorists" says John Ashcroft.
Pretty soon, mushy minds in high places can't tell a
skeptic from an opponent from an enemy from a terrorist.
"With Washington's blessing, anyone who might take a
potshot at any Washington-backed dictator is now
designated a 'terrorist,'" writes Maybury in his Early
Warning Report. Rick explains that there are two types
of Islamic militants: localists and globalists. "A
localist may hate Washington, but he mostly focuses his
efforts on overthrowing the [local]... regime that
terrorizes his family and friends."
"All over the Islamic world, governments supported by
Washington have been given the green light to eliminate
these 'terrorists' by any means they choose."
"At least 20,000 people are in Egyptian prisons without
trial," Rick elaborates, "yet billions of U.S. tax
dollars continue pouring into the Egyptian government's
coffers."
"The government of Turkey, another ally of Washington,
has launched a new crackdown on its Kurdish rebels. Even
the dictatorship in Yemen is receiving U.S. tax dollars
to exterminate its 'terrorists.'"
"What do these local 'terrorists' do when they are
confronted by oppressive, U.S.-backed regimes? They
often become globalists - joining the thousands of other
radicalized Moslems who "want to strike the U.S.
directly."
"Most people are neither with America nor against it.
Instead, they just want to be left alone. The more
military force the U.S. throws around... the more people
come to detest it. As greater efforts are used to strike
down 'terrorists,' the more terrorists are created.
And the WAT, as Doug Casey points out, risks becoming
the "Forever War" - un-winnable, expensive and absurd." |
