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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (6231)5/1/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: Emile Vidrine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 17770
 
Iteresting revelations from "our" Sec. of State shortly before the US-NATO aggression and terror against Yugoslavia. Pax Americana demands that we shape Orthodox Serbia into our evil image before establishing "American democracy".
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Fascism On
The Move
Toward "New
Order"

Madeleine
Albright Makes it Plain

On January 18th the San Francisco Chronicle carried a story, originally
published in the Los Angeles Times, detailing the plans of U.S. Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright to establish "a new international order, one that would
revamp existing global institutions and spawn entirely new ones." According to
the L.A. Times, Albright is referring to "the new order" as a kind of
"international democracy club" where the U.S. would be the "organizing
principle." "The 21st century ... ought to be the century of democracy," Albright
told the L.A. Times. "We're going to be putting an awful lot more emphasis on
organizing the democracies, working with them ... so they can work with each
other better." Only those who understand what kind of "democracy" she's
talking about know what this means for the world.

In case the reader fails to grasp the meaning behind Albright's
government-speak, we will translate. "Organize" means nothing less than
"control", and this "new international order" means "world wide control."
Albright said that "we [the foreign policy establishment] are the organizing
principle." Other nations will "either organize with us or against us," she
declared, meaning that those nations who won't play ball will be branded as
pariahs and ostracized by the international community. When Albright says
"democracy" she really means "doing it my way."

Fascism in Democracy's Clothing

In the minds of many well-meaning folks "democracy" is synonymous with
government of, by, and for "the people", self-determination, rule of law and an
open society. Often President Clinton claims to be working "for the American
people," as do many in the U.S. Congress. This is the illusion of democracy,
but the reality is far different. This reality was aptly defined by Noam Chomsky,
a self-defined Socialist and professor at M.I.T. He wrote:

"Democracy," in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of
governance in which elite elements based in the business
community control the state by virtue of their dominance of the
private society, while the population observes quietly. So
understood, democracy is a system of elite decision and public
ratification, as in the United States itself. Correspondingly,
popular involvement in the formation of public policy is
considered a serious threat. It is not a step towards democracy;
rather it constitutes a 'crisis of democracy' that must be overcome.
(Noam Chomsky, On Power and Ideology, 1987)

The evidence is overwhelming that Albright's "new international order" will
not be much different from Hitler's "neue ordnung" and Mussolini's "ordine
nuovo." It is the amalgamation of government and big business, as well as state
direction of the economy that defines fascism, and, when Albright says
"democracy" she really means "fascism" -- the current form of government in
America today.

Perhaps it was their dedication to Western tradition that led our forefathers
to mount the Roman fasces behind the Speaker's chair in the U.S. House of
Representatives. Made up of rods bound about an ax, this ancient symbol has
appropriately become the trademark of modern fascism, "a system of
government characterized by dictatorship, belligerent nationalism, and racism,
militarism, etc..." (Webster's New World Dictionary) This "binding up", or as
Albright puts it, "organizing" of the world's democracies, reveals the truth about
her definition of democracy. The new order will be totalitarian, on the global
scale as it is on the local, which indicates what is ahead for the world if the 21st
century becomes "the century of democracy" as Albright and the rest of the
foreign policy cabal would like.

Hitler solidified his political power by joining an alliance with the
industrialists of Germany. In turn, he protected the large corporations and
extended them favorable treatment. Hitler reigned in Nazi radicals who sought
to topple big business in what was called "the second revolution." On July 1,
1933, Hitler told his S.A. and S.S. leaders: "I will suppress every attempt to
disturb the existing order as ruthlessly as I will deal with the so-called second
revolution, which would lead only to chaos." (William L. Shirer, The Rise and
Fall of the Third Reich, 1950)

The marriage of money and demagoguery was consummated in Hitler's
Third Reich and Mussolini's Italy. While wealth and political power have
always colluded to some degree, there comes a point where apathy,
pseudo-tolerance and ignorance binds the will of the masses to a fanatical idea
that brings their destruction. It is this subjective, enervated, and brain-dead
mental state that led the Germans to embrace the Nazi regime. "The masses are
like an animal that obeys its instincts," Hitler observed of the Germans. "They
do not reach conclusions by reasoning." (Leonard Peikoff, The Ominous
Parallels, p.47) This same collective state-of-mind is what the Hitlers of our
day are using to introduce "democracy" into the world, not a system of
individual freedoms and self-determination, but a fascist system of propaganda,
fanatical ideas, and a controlled economy masquerading as a "free market". In
other words, a fascist war-like police state with a post-modern appearance
and rhetoric.

Following the example of her Nazi (national socialists) predecessors,
Secretary Albright is exporting this political model abroad with the purpose of
including all countries in this "international democracy club", of which "we" will
become the "organizing principle". "[E]ither organize with us or against us," she
warns those nations who might opt out, adding that a "concrete program"
should be in place "by the beginning of the spring."

This "Democracy" Leaves Swath of Destruction

"Democracy" in the rhetoric of cabalistic government insiders, refers to a
deceptive counterfeit used to weaken and control sovereign nations. On the
surface we have a rhetoric of hope, a promise of freedom for the oppressed, of
social justice and equality. Where ever old regimes fall and this democracy
springs up, crime, chaos and tyranny are the result.

For example, one year ago voters in Mexico City, the world's most
populous urban center, chose their first mayor by popular vote. Cuauhtemoc
Cardenas is the first mayor who doesn't belong to the ruling PRI party this
century. He is also a Marxist and the darling of the international press
apparatus who proclaimed that the grip of the PRI was broken and
"democracy" begun in Mexico. When Cardenas took office he was wildly
popular with the people, but in the 12 months since his inauguration, crime in
his city has skyrocketed. On January 12 PBS's Lehrer News Hour ran a
special segment on Mexico City's crime epidemic. After delineating various
aspects of the city's urban nightmare, Charles Kraus reported:

Without question, the city's most serious problem is the general
breakdown of law and order: Assaults, bank robberies,
car-jackings, taxi-jackings, kidnappings -- and policemen on the
take --make living here, and traveling from one part of the city to
another an often dangerous and terrifying experience.

According to this PBS report, a recent poll revealed that eighteen percent
of the city's residents have been a victim of a crime in the last three months.
Also, in a police force that has been corrupt for decades, there are now
officers who routinely commit robberies while off-duty. While crime and official
corruption have long been a problem in this city of 20 million, it is interesting to
note that a "politically correct" mayor schooled in the art and nuances of Third
Way politics has not only failed to address these problems, but has presided
over their exponential increase. Of course, "there are said to be factions within
Mexico's long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI, that have no
interest in allowing Cardenas to succeed," reported Charles Krause. This
boilerplate excuse of the darlings of today's internationalist democracy. "All the
problems are the fault of the old order", they claim.

Mexico's problems are complex, and have as much to do with a defective
economic system as a political. The 1994 peso devaluation sank the country's
economy and it has never recovered. What's more, like all of Latin America,
Mexico is mired in debt to the international banking cartel. This is part of the
scheme of democracy when it moves in -- it imposes a program of financial
austerity designed to enhance the profits of the investment banking cartel.
Follow the money, as they say, and you will find those promoting so-called
democracy.

Brazil is in the same boat as Mexico. Having made the transition from
military dictatorship to democracy several years ago, it is now the apex of the
global economic crisis, its economy sinking rapidly, and its moneyed class
moving in droves to fortified condominium complexes where they seek safety
from gangs of kidnappers and robbers. Crime has become epidemic.

The situation is even worse in Russia, another new "democracy" that has
foundered under the weight of "the global economy" and all it entails. Russia's
economy has collapsed and people buy what they need by bartering.

"Democracy" Terrorizes South Africa

Of all the examples of chaos and social disintegration, none are more
striking than the decline and fall of South Africa (read The new South Africa,
the same old bondage, The WINDS). Home invasions, muggings, carjackings,
blacks murdering whites as well as black on black violence, continue to
increase. Last November the social and economic collapse of this once great
country was dramatically described, not by a racist longing for the glory days,
but by Alan Paton's widow. Paton was the renowned author of "Cry, The
Beloved Country," and he become famous for his impassioned speeches and
writings against apartheid. He died in 1988, ten years before his widow Anne
would describe the "new, democratic" South Africa in an essay published on
Sunday, November 29, in the London Sunday Times.

The title of Anne Paton's essay was "Why I'm fleeing South Africa". She
wrote:

I am leaving South Africa. I have lived here for 35 years, and I
shall leave with anguish. My home and my friends are here, but I
am terrified. I know I shall be in trouble for saying so, because I
am the widow of Alan Paton....

Among my friends and the friends of my friends, I know of nine
people who have been murdered in the past four years ... An old
friend, an elderly lady, was raped and murdered by someone who
broke into her home for no reason at all; another was shot at a
garage....

I have been hijacked, mugged and terrorized. A few years ago
my car was taken from me at gunpoint. I was forced into the
passenger seat. I sat there frozen. But just as one man jumped
into the back and the other fumbled with the starter I opened the
door and ran away ... still clutching my handbag.

On May 1 this year I was mugged in my home at three in the
afternoon.... I came home and omitted to close the security door.
I went upstairs to lie down. After a while I thought I'd heard a
noise, perhaps a bird or something. Without a qualm I got up and
went to the landing; outside was a man. I screamed and two other
men appeared. I was seized by the throat and almost throttled; I
could feel myself losing consciousness.

My mouth was bound with Sellotape and I was threatened with
my own knife and told: "If you make a sound, you die." My hands
were tied tightly behind my back and I was thrown into the guest
room and the door was shut. They took all the electronic
equipment they could find, except the computer. They also, of
course, took the car.

The last straw came a few weeks ago, shortly before my 71st
birthday. I returned home in the middle of the afternoon and
walked into my sitting room. Outside the window two men were
breaking in. I retreated to the hall and pressed the panic alarm ...
one of the men ran around the house, jumped over the fence and
tried to batter down the front door. Meanwhile, his accomplice
was breaking my sitting-room window with a hammer.

This took place while the sirens were shrieking, which was the
frightening part. They kept coming, in broad daylight, while the
alarm was going. They knew that there had to be a time lag of a
few minutes before help arrived - enough time to dash off with the
television and video recorder....

Last week, about 10km from my home, an old couple were taken
out and murdered in the garden. The wife had only one leg and
was in a wheelchair. Yet they were stabbed and strangled - for
very little money. They were the second old couple to be killed
last week. It goes on and on, all the time; we have become a
killing society....

While some people say I have been unlucky, others say: "You are
lucky not to have been raped or murdered." What kind of a
society is this where one is considered "lucky" not to have been
raped or murdered - yet?

Its called a democracy, Mrs. Paton, and you have the United States to
thank for your country's demise. In 1982 Senator Ted Kennedy sponsored
legislation that imposed economic sanctions against white ruled South Africa,
creating more hard ships for black people until "democracy" was finally
permitted. Now things are really hell for everyone in that boiling cauldron.
Don't blame that on the policies of the former white government.

Such conditions have always accompanied democracy, as was seen in the
inspiration for our modern democracies, the French Revolution. At the height of
the "revolution" (democracy), writes historian Otto Scott, "urglaries grew
fearsome; entire homes were invaded and people tortured; murders and
robberies increased. Yet the Government was not interested in crime as such,
only crime that seemed to have political meaning." (Robespierre - the Fool as
Revolutionary, p.216) Today, democracies are more interested in suppressing
"hate crime", or the activities of their "right-wing" and anti-abortion foes, than in
establishing the rule of law based on sound moral, economic, and constitutional
principles. The fruits of lawlessness are everywhere this "democracy" is
praised.

"By their fruits ye shall know them..."

The dichotomy of modern democracy may be seen in the character of its
proponents. Madeleine Albright is a woman who loves to sass the Saddams,
the Milosevics, and the Castros of the world. She is famous for her cocky
sound bites as well as the Stetson and boots she wore on her first official trip
abroad as Secretary of State. As a woman she is devoid of womanly grace and
compassion, as a mother and grandmother she is strangely indifferent to the
deaths of half a million Iraqi children (calling their deaths "worth it"), and as a
Jew who lost both parents in W.W.II, she is not bothered by genocide (as long
as it's committed by the U.S. and Israel). Instead of a mature and graceful
woman Albright resembles the female reincarnation of Karl Adolph Eichmann,
machismo combined with a heart of ice in an old woman's body. Could it be
that she resembles the "new woman" of "[t]he 21st century ... the century of
democracy" and even "democracy" itself? If so, it is appropriate that she be
given the task of organizing it.

Alexander Hamilton once said, "We are a Republican Government. Real
liberty is never found in despotism or in the extremes of democracy."

This was confirmed by Samuel Adams who stated, "Remember, democracy
never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself! There never was
a democracy that did not commit suicide."

We cannot wish you well, Madam Albright.

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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (6231)5/1/1999 2:26:00 PM
From: nuke44  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 17770
 
The story about the convoys and the vegetable market brought back some fond memories from my time in the Hellenic Republic. We learned early on that you were shit out of luck if you stopped and asked for directions and you happened to get someone with less than a flattering opinion of the U.S.. We were restricted from wearing uniforms for the entire time I was in Greece, (May 88 - Aug 89) because of the "sensitive nature" of relations between the U.S. and Greece at the time. (Were they ever good?) We were supposed to "maintain a low profile" and "blend in". To this goal, all of our vehicles were supposedly unmarked. It didn't help much though, that the vehicle assigned to me was a Dodge Ram 4 x 4, sixpack pickup truck, painted OD green. Not too many of those being driven around the Peloponnese by Greek farmers. One time we decided to combine the delivery of equipment to a Greek army detachment with a sightseeing road trip on a three day weekend. The army detachment was in the mountains, about 30 Km from Patras. We kept following road signs directing us towards the town of Flokas, where the army kaserne was located. In the process we passed through about a half dozen increasingly remote towns as we moved further and further into the mountains that make up most of the interior of the Peloponnese. In each of those towns we asked for directions and were given detailed, if surly, instructions on how to get to Flokas. After travelling over 100 Km on a 30 Km trip, we figured out that we had better just figure out how to get the hell out of the mountains, rather than find the army kaserne. We ended up at the end of a winding mountainous road at what appeared to be a sheep farm, with a massive stone arched entry into the farm. We pulled in, intending to turn around, when saw that our way out was blocked by one of the largest men I have ever seen. He was fully 6' 6'' and weighed an easy 300 lbs. He was a movie caricature of a mountain chieftain, a chest length beard wearing a sheepskin vest and carrying a side by side double-barrel shotgun. My partner looked back and said, "Holy shit, it's the king of the mountain bandits". The giant looked at us like he was going to have us for lunch and motioned for us to get out of the truck. I decided I, discretion being the better part of valor, to do as he asked. I got out and he asked, in perfect Oxford English, "American army?" I told him no, we were Air Force and he said "even better!" I was afraid to ask, better for what? He then stuck out a huge hand and introduced himself as Spiro Koutsomitopolou and welcomed us to his "summer home". We were offered wine and something to eat, which we gladly accepted. We spent the afternoon with Spiro and his two sons and their families. It turned out that he was Oxford educated and was apparently a wealthy importer of automobiles, trucks, and heavy equipment, who lived in Athens, but spent the summers at his family home in the mountains. He had been a young boy during the German occupation of WWII and still had fond memories of the Americans that liberated his home village. We told him how we had ended up at his farm, and he just laughed. After about a half dozen bottles of wine, some food, and a tour of the farm, he offered to drive us in our truck (he said he hadn't had the pleasure of driving a "good American V8" in years) and have one of his sons follow to drive him back. In every village we passed through, he would stop and have words with either the police chief or someone of importance. Apparently he was letting them know that we were his dear friends and that henceforth we would be treated accordingly. In one village, Lapas, he stopped and we were all welcomed to drinks at the local Taverne, where we met all of the village's important men and learned that we were in the heartland of the Greek communist party. All of our hosts were devout communists and obviously knew we were American GI's, but apparently our status as friends of Spiro overrode any political considerations. While we were there, we were treated to the local "moonshine", a triple distilled, raisin liqueur called Trippero (sp?). It was about 120 proof. Before the afternoon was up, my partner and I had learned at least a dozen traditional Greek folk songs and a couple of dances. When we were invited to suggest a song to sing, the only thing I could come up with was the Love Boat theme song. (That trippero is wicked) It went over fairly well, and to this day, if you go to the village of Lapas, and sing "Love, exciting and new, come aboard"...etc., etc., there is someone in that village that will join you in singing. I like to think of it as my small contribution to a Greek/American culture exchange. Well, to finish the story, being unable to walk, much less drive, we stayed overnight in Lapas, and the next morning completed our trip to the Greek army kaserne. It gave me some sense of satisfaction that Spiro felt as poorly as I did. We found the kaserne. After saying our goodbyes to Spiro and his son, we dropped off the piece of equipment and headed back home. Going through a couple of the villages, a few people even waved at us instead of glaring or giving us the "poof". (You know what I mean George. That gesture with both hands, palms outward, that effectively curses you and your ancestors. We called it, the "poof".) We found someone had placed a large jug of Trippero in our truck, which we brought back to our detachment and broke out on special occasions (usually with devastating results). We visited Spiro several times at his home in the mountains and in Athens several times over the next year and I keep in touch with Spiro to this day. He and his wife stayed with us during the Olympics here in '96 and we had a blast. Hopefully, if Greece isn't declared a hostile country by the State Department, my wife and I hope to visit them this fall. I haven't spoken with him, since the onset of NATO activity in Yugoslavia, but I don't think it's anything that would come between us.

Hopefully, some of those NATO drivers took the road less taken and ended up making some friends and drinking some trippero.



To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (6231)5/1/1999 3:03:00 PM
From: Emile Vidrine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 17770
 
We now ad Kosovo and Yugoslavia

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Release Date: February 16, 1998
Eric Margolis, c/o Editorial Department, The Toronto Sun
333 King St. East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 3X5
Fax: (416) 960-4803 -- Press Contact: Eric Margolis

Not So Fast, Sen. Lott

by Eric Margolis

NEW YORK - Senate majority leader Trent Lott and other senior
Republicans are demanding the US adopt a long-term strategy of covert
action and subversion to overthrow Saddam Hussein and other Mideast
troublemakers who disturb the Pax Americana.

Bombing Iraq is simply not enough, warned war-fevered Republicans.
Saddam must be driven from power once and for all. Many pro-Israel
Conservatives demand the US Army march on Baghdad.

If Senator Lott knew Mideast history better, he might not be so eager for
covert action, or hopeful Iraq's government could be overthrown to
America's profit. He might even learn the United States is not the solution
to the Mideast's chronic instability and tensions, but a major source. A few
examples:

1947 - Washington is displeased by Syria's government.A
CIA-Army 'political action team' mounts a coup, employing a 'CIA
asset,' Gen. Husni Za'im. As senior CIA Mideast agent Miles
Copeland delightfully recalls, the Americans kept calling Za'im 'our
boy,' or 'Husni,' and ordering him about. The day after Za'im's
coup, Copeland and the American agents went to inform the new
dictator whom he would appoint as ambassadors and cabinet
ministers. When the Americans called him, 'Husni,' Za'im ordered
them to 'stand at attention,' and address him as 'Excellency.'
US-Syrian relations have been terrible ever since. Two subsequent,
US-backed coups backfired.
1952 - The US helps engineer a coup against British puppet ruler of
Egypt, King Farouk. CIA backs a young colonel, Gammal Abdel
Nasser. But when the US later tries to pressure Nasser into joining
Washington's 'new order' for the Mideast, the Baghdad Pact,
Nasser rebels and becomes America's enemy number one. CIA
tries first to overthrow, than assassinate Nasser. All attempts fail.
1953 - Iran's popular, elected leader, Mohammed Mossadegh,
attempts to assert Iranian control of his nation's oil industry, whose
profits go to the US and Britain. A CIA coup overthrows
Mossadegh, and puts 'our boy' Reza Shah on the throne. Iran's
US-trained secret police keep the Shah in power through a reign of
terror. Islamic-nationalist revolution sweeps Iran in 1979, ending
US domination.
1957/58 - US and Britain thwart popular uprisings against King
Hussein of Jordan.
1958 - Washington installs a client regime in Lebanon, which then
dutifully calls for US troops. Beginning of Lebanon's 35 years of
instability and civil war.
1958 - Britain's Iraqi puppets, King Faisal and Nuri as-Said,
overthrown by the bloodthirsty Col.Kassim. US uses Kassim to
attack Nasser. Kassim murdered by Col. Aref in CIA-mounted
coup. Aref's helicopter blown up. A few more murders later, CIA
helps engineer into power a promising, young, Baath Party
enforcer, Saddam Hussein.
1960 - Anwar Sadat goes on CIA payroll. After Nasser's death,
CIA puts Sadat into power in Egypt. Corrupt and hated, Sadat is
assassinated to great popular joy.
1969 - The US elbows Britain out of Libya to gain control of its
high-grade oil. CIA overthrows British puppet, King Idris, and - in
one of its most brilliant moves - helps into power a young, reformist
colonel, Muammar Khadaffi. When Khadaffi subsequently trumpets
the Arabs are being robbed of their oil by the west, and raises
prices, he goes unto America's hit list.
1976 - US, Iran and Israel secretly arm Iraq's Kurds and promote
their rebellion to destabilize Iraq. Kurdish revolt plays major role in
igniting Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 in which one million died. US
abandons Kurds, gets chummy with Baghdad.
1980 - Saddam Hussein becomes America's most important
Mideast ally in trying to crush Iran's Islamic revolution. Urged on,
armed and financed by the US, Saddam invades Iran in 1980. CIA
and Pentagon supply military advice and intelligence on Iran. US
and British intelligence help Iraq obtain its chemical and biological
warfare capabilities.
1983 - US attempts to install a client, Christian/fascist regime in
Lebanon, drive out Syrian influence. US Marines sent to Beirut,
under cover of 'peace-keepers.' They are bombed out of Lebanon
by Shia militants: 309 Americans die, including CIA's top Mideast
staff.
1985 - CIA's revenge backfires. Lebanese CIA agents detonate
truck bomb in Beirut in a failed attempt to assassinate Shia leader,
Sheik Fadlallah. Eighty-three civilians killed, 240 wounded.
1986 - US tries to assassinate Khadaffi by bombing his residence in
Tripoli. One baby daughter killed, one injured. He escapes.
Downing of Pan Am and French UTA flights may be revenge for
this failed hit. Three other attempt to assassinate Khadaffi, using
CIA-organized Libyan exiles, fail.
1996 - The Bay of Camels - CIA's biggest flop since Cuba. Urged
on by President Clinton, CIA mounts an elaborate coup against
Saddam Hussein. Iraqi exiles, armed and trained by CIA, to march
on Baghdad from US/British ruled Kurdistan. CIA organizes a
cabal of generals to assassinate Saddam. Public places in Baghdad
are bombed, many civilians killed, in order to 'destabilize' Iraq (this
while the US is busy denouncing terrorism). But Saddam's spies
have infiltrated the plot. The whole operation collapses. CIA's agent
network in Iraq is rolled up. Many Kurds back Saddam, turn on
pro-US Kurds. CIA agents in Kurdistan run for their lives,
abandoning allies and tons of documents. Saddam is strengthened.
CIA's inept Director, John Deutch, fired for this Mother of All
Fiascos.

Republicans now urge more of the above to keep the Mideast calm. You
certainly can't argue with success.

[Eric Margolis is a syndicated foreign affairs columnist and broadcaster
based in Toronto, Canada.]

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To: George Papadopoulos who wrote (6231)5/2/1999 2:50:00 AM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 17770
 
George, you are welcome. I am a reasonable interventionist<g>...