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Standing at the brink
By Charles Sullivan
01/28/06 "ICH" -- -- 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.
Charles Sullivan is a furniture maker, photographer, and free
lance writing residing in the Eastern Panhandle of West
Virginia. He can be reached at
earthdog@highstream.net
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