Christian/Jewish
Fascism
Awareness Week
By Margaret Kimberley
24 October, 2007
Black
Agenda Report
Right
wing propagandist David Horowitz has declared October 22nd through October
26th Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. Horowitz is one of the biggest beneficiaries
of right wing welfare, mostly from the hands of ultra-conservative foundations
run by the Scaife and Bradley families. He has received more than $15
million in handouts to promote a white supremacist, pro-war agenda.
The current Horowitz obsession
is focused on Islam and on keeping Americans whipped into a frenzy of
fear and hatred against all Muslims. The very term Islamo-Fascism is
a cynical creation of neoconservatives, designed to insure blind adherence
to the Bush war on terror scheme.
The biggest perpetrators
of terrorist acts are and always have been governments, not individuals
of any religion. When the United States refers to "state sponsored"
terror, it must be looking in the mirror. War is the very worst act
of terror that can be practiced, giving governments permission to kill
and commit brutal atrocities that would be loudly condemned if committed
by individuals.
If the world's major religions are compared in terms of body count,
it is clear that Islam should not be seen as the enemy. The two nations
now in the fifth year of a plan to commit wars of aggression in the
Middle East are Israel and the United States. If there should be warnings
about particular religions and allegations of fascist connections, the
perpetrators are Christianity and Judaism, not Islam.
It is manifestly unfair to
label entire groups based on the behavior of a few. The Israeli lobby
actively promotes war, but it can't be said that all American Jews are
themselves pro-war. Around the world Bush is seen as the bogeyman representative
of American Christianity. Many Christians may resent the verdict of
guilt by association, but they would do well to remember that Muslims
are also entitled to make their own pleas of individual innocence.
Instead Muslims are called
upon to denounce any act of brutality committed by another Muslim, and
to defend their religion from slanderous attacks. What is good for the
Muslim goose, should also be good for the Christian and Jewish ganders.
Therefore, October 22nd to October 26th in the year 2007 should also
be known as Christian/Jewish Fascism Awareness Week.
The lawyers who wrote memos
defending torture are all Jews and Christians, so are the members of
Congress who advocate for endless warfare. All of the neocons who spent
years plotting the occupation of Iraq and now the destruction of Iran
are Christians or Jews. None are Muslim, nor are they atheist, agnostic,
Baha'i, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Hindu, or practitioners of Voodoo. All
attend churches and synagogues and in fact brag about their religious
piety.
Norman Podhoretz, father
of neocondom, said of the prospect of bombing Iran, "I hope and
pray we will...." Crackpot preacher Rev. John Hagee founded Christians
United for Israel, whose sole reason for existing is to guarantee the
killing of thousands of Iranians. Hagee wants war and wants Bush to
start it whenever he feels like it. "We do not have a declaration
of war for Iraq, and neither does the president need one to expand it
into Iran." Giving political leaders permission to kill as they
please is Fascism 101.
Horowitz and his gang have
carried out a very sinister plan. They fit the description of fascists
to a T. They believe in endless wars of aggression, the destruction
of the last vestiges of civil liberties, and subservience to a corporate
power. Yet they have succeeded in wielding the epithet of fascism because
of Democratic party treason to Bush, a corporate media that deliberately
withholds information from the public, and the apathy and confusion
that dominate American life.
Americans do need to be aware
of a fascist threat, a threat that comes straight from the White House,
Wall Street, and the halls of Congress. It can only be fought if its
presence is acknowledged and if citizens know that they still have the
power to stop it.
Politicians will be of no
help in this struggle. Looking to them for salvation is useless when
they are in fact the source of the problem. The Democratic congressional
victory is nearly one year old and has yielded nothing but one victory
after another for the Bush regime.
In a little more than a year,
November 4, 2008, a new president will be elected. Another Fascism Awareness
Week should be declared at that time. It should be declared to remind
us that the fight to maintain democracy will not end with George W.
Bush. That is the awareness we really need now.
Margaret Kimberley
lives in New York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgandaReport.Com.
Ms. Kimberley' maintains an edifying and frequently updated blog at
freedomrider.blogspot.com.
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