never mind. i found it:
"The latest big lie unveiled by Washington’s neoconservatives are the
poisonous terms, "Islamo-Fascists" and "Islamic Fascists." They are
the new, hot buzzwords among America’s far right and Christian
fundamentalists.
President George W. Bush made a point last week of using
"Islamofacists" when recently speaking of Hezbullah and Hamas – both,
by the way, democratically elected parties. A Canadian government
minister from the Conservative Party compared Lebanon’s Hezbullah to
Nazi Germany.
The term "Islamofascist" is utterly without meaning, but packed with
emotional explosives. It is a propaganda creation worthy Dr.
Goebbels, and the latest expression of the big lie technique being
used by neocons in Washington’s propaganda war against its enemies in
the Muslim World.
This ugly term was probably first coined in Israel – as was the other
hugely successful propaganda term, "terrorism" – to dehumanize and
demonize opponents and deny them any rational political motivation,
hence removing any need to deal with their grievances and demands.
As the brilliant humanist Sir Peter Ustinov so succinctly put it,
"Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the
rich."
Both the terms "terrorism" and "fascist" have been so abused and
overused that they have lost any original meaning. The best modern
definition I’ve read of fascism comes in former Columbia University
Professor Robert Paxton’s superb 2004 book, The Anatomy of Fascism.
Paxton defines fascism’s essence, which he aptly terms its "emotional
lava" as: 1. a sense of overwhelming crisis beyond reach of
traditional solutions; 2. belief one’s group is the victim,
justifying any action without legal or moral limits; 3. need for
authority by a natural leader above the law, relying on the
superiority of his instincts; 4. right of the chosen people to
dominate others without legal or moral restraint; 5. fear of foreign
"contamination."
Fascism demands a succession of wars, foreign conquests, and national
threats to keep the nation in a state of fear, anxiety and patriotic
hypertension. Those who disagree are branded ideological traitors.
All successful fascists regimes, Paxton points out, allied themselves
to traditional conservative parties, and to the military-industrial
complex.
Highly conservative and militaristic regimes are not necessarily
fascist, says Paxton. True fascism requires relentless aggression
abroad and a semi-religious adoration of the regime at home.
None of the many Muslim groups opposing US-British control of the
Mideast fit Paxton’s definitive analysis. The only truly fascist
group ever to emerge in the Mideast was Lebanon’s Maronite Christian
Phalange Party in the 1930’s which, ironically, became an ally of
Israel’s rightwing in the 1980’s."
On Dec 27, 2007, at 2:01 PM, Jersey Shore John wrote:
> "Islamo-fascist". Please define.
>
>
> On Dec 27, 2007, at 1:50 PM, justifiedright wrote:
>
>> Scary stuff in Pakistan. Musharef seems to be the old enemy of my
>> enemy is my friend.
>>
>> Whose guarding the nukes today?
>>
>> We had decided to not chase Bin Laden into the Tribal areas
>> uncontrolled by Musharef because it was alleged that if we did the
>> delacate balance of power could be upset.
>>
>> Seems pretty upset now. Perhaps its time to go in and destroy that
>> area. Nothing good can come from those Islamo-fascists housing UBL.
>>
>> Will need an army massed along the border to hold back India though.
>>
>> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Tommy, you in?
>> >
>> > ....
>> >
>> > His appearance came as U.S. officials here struggled to cope with
>> the
>> > immense policy implications of the assassination on relations
>> with a
>> > nuclear-armed country that has received billions of dollars in
>> American
>> > financial assistance and is an ally in the war on terrorism. White
>> > House spokesman Scott Stanzel said Bush planned to speak with
>> Musharraf
>> > as soon as it could be arranged Thursday.
>> >
>> > ....
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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