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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

DALE: A fatal mistake

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wulfstan

thanks to the liberal jewish media and their endless distortions of the threat of islam in general and islamo fascism, a whole world will soon be consumed by religious fanatics who literally seek to enslave all of mankind. one need look no further afield than hamilton's THE GREEK WAY, to understand why the islamic ideal is an integrally evil system directed at forcing all mankind to submit to some maniacally despotic theocracy. in that landmark study of the phenomena which set classical greek culture apart from the rest of the satrapies and tyrannical regimes that had appeared in the east prior to the hellenic miracle--yes, even that of great egypt!--hamilton discerned the sine qua non of true civilization: the democratic ideal which places the individual not the ruler at the pinnacle of societal effort. now, here in the united states of liberal jewry, we have replaced a democratic championing of the individual and the truly liberal mind with a cult of celebrity. michael bloomberg is only one egregious example of liberal jewry out of control. the hollywood liberal jews are the absurd paradigm that's held up to the moronic masses that the liberal jewish education system has managed to mass produce in american cities and suburbs since the rise of the last celebrity/despot, john screwup kennedy, probably one of the most evil presidents ever to have stolen the white house.
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Not sure what the reader below is smoking, but as a secular, Muslim (yes, the two CAN co-exist!) Turkish-American, I agree with this article, but it misses a very important strategy behind the madness as far as EU is concerned: If Europe had realized its ambitions fully with WW1 and, especially, WW2 (e.g. Ataturk did not stop them in WW1 and the Americans did not come to the rescue in WW2), Europe would be in no shape to be lecturing anyone, not even Iran, about democracy or human rights. Turkey's politicians, AKP and before, are 100% guilty of conspiring to keep the masses at bay with the chimerical EU membership. Turkey has been reduced to an economic serfdom, carrying the weight of $400+ billion debt (i.e. the size of its economy), and her women have become 2nd class citizens, more interested in covering their hair than protecting their secular and even religious rights and freedoms, etc. While I cannot offer any scandalous memo or leak to prove it, the odd-couple bond between Christian EU leaders and the Islamic AKP is perfectly explainable (esp. within the context of the Iranian Revolution only three decades ago), when one considers the "common enemy": Kemalists and the military. As I said, if the European ambitions had not been checked by Ataturk, Turkey would be just another wasteland -- exploited, divided, "civilized", etc. in the example of the Middle East -- a human and moral tragedy to say the least. If there is a secular and democratic Turkey (elections do work, and the country is reasonably transparent and open), it is DESPITE the BEST attempts of European countries, not with their help or blessing. If the Europeans had their druthers, Turks would have disappeared off the map in Anatolia and Cyprus, as they had in the Balkans, Crete, Arabian lands, etc. "liberated" during WW1. EU was debating (in the 80s and 90s) bringing back the Sevres treaty, which sought to parcel out Anatolia at the end of WW1! Need anyone say more!??? It is only a miracle that Ataturk did not exploit his immaculate credentials FIGHTING the Europeans to set Turkey on an anti-European course, which he could have easily done. Iran's Humeyni did, Stalin did, the Taliban did/does, Osama does, etc. I guess the moral of this story is: Be careful watch you ask for, you may just get it! If religion takes over (i.e. Kemalist regime dies), Europe's (and Turks') problems will really begin. Don't be fooled. The AKP cannot save themselves, let alone anyone else. They are busy putting on a show of democracy and economic growth using borrowed time and borrowed money, which is the ONLY SECULAR things they are able to do. At a time when Iran is likely pursuing nuclear arms, helping create another Iran, much "closer" to Europe, would be the real fatal mistake. Imagine if Iran bordered the EU and millions of Iranians lived in the heart of EU. But, then again, Europe is where the World almost came to an end - twice! We are due for another round?!
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