-Caveat Lector- ------ Forwarded Message > Friday, Sep. 27, 2002. Page XXIV > Global Eye -- Brothers in Arms > By Chris Floyd > > > > > Last week, we explored the extremist texts underlying the Bush Regime's > maniacal foreign policy. On the very day that column was published, George > Bush made these dreams of global domination the official "National Security > Strategy" of the United States. > > In many ways, this bellicose document represents the final twinning of Bush > and his shadow, Osama bin Laden. There has always been a remarkable symmetry > between these two sons of privilege: pampered, high-living wastrels in their > youths, each coasting on his father's name and money, then turning to a grim > fundamentalism whose simplistic creeds overpowered their weak intellects and > closed their minds forever. > > Both believe you must strike your perceived enemies, without provocation, > before they strike you. Both accept that innocent people will die in these > "preemptive attacks" but consider it an acceptable price to pay for combating > "evil." Both utterly reject the way of peace -- unless it's the peace of the > conqueror, the bold warrior who serves God with the sword: "The only path to > safety is the path of action." (Which man said that?) Finally, both believe > there is only one acceptable vision of reality, and both are willing -- no, > eager -- to impose that vision by force. > > Now this dark fraternity finds "legitimate" expression in the new Security > Strategy. Bush begins with a grandiose flourish, proclaiming that in all of > Creation there is but "a single sustainable model for national success." That > model, needless to say, turns out to be the rarefied world of the American > elite at the turn of the 21st century, where the wealthy must never be > encumbered in any way by restrictions of law, regulation, popular will, > morality or common sense. Air, earth, water and sky must be laid bare to > exploitation by the powerful, whose investments are guaranteed by the military > might of the state. > > Bush not only recommends this model to others, he insists they follow it, or > else they'll be ranged with those who "reject basic human values and hate the > United States" -- an act of apostasy that makes them targets for "the path of > action." In any case, no nation, friend or foe, will be allowed to pursue even > the "hope of surpassing or equaling the power of the United States," says > Bush. How will they be dissuaded from such a foolish course? Simple -- by "the > unparalleled strength of the United States armed forces and their forward > presence" throughout the globe. > > Naturally, this bristling military occupation of the earth will not be carried > out for "unilateral advantage," but only to advance "human freedom." What is > freedom? Here is Bush's definition, with some slight exegesis. > > Freedom, Bush says, means people can "say what they think" -- unless of course > they criticize the Regime and its allies too harshly or demonstrate against > the president or speak with a strange accent in a Georgia restaurant, in which > case they will be denounced as terrorists, fired from their jobs, arrested for > stepping out of officially circumscribed "free speech zones," or chased down > the Florida highways by Jeb Bush's storm troopers, all of which happened > recently in the heartland of the "single sustainable model." > > Freedom, Bush says, means people can "choose who will govern them" -- unless > of course they choose the wrong person, as the American people did in 2000, in > which case a better leader will be appointed for them. > > To Our Readers > > Has something you've read here startled you? Are you angry, excited, puzzled > or pleased? Do you have ideas to improve our coverage? > Then please write to us. > All we ask is that you include your full name, the name of the city from which > you are writing and a contact telephone number in case we need to get in > touch. > We look forward to hearing from you. > > Email the Opinion Page EditorFreedom, Bush says, means people can "worship as > they please" -- unless of course, they worship a god who calls for the wrong > kind of holy war, or a god who enjoys the sacrament of ganja, or a god who > denounces the rich, demanding that we give everything to the poor and live in > common, or a god who promotes polygamy or blesses homosexual marriage or does > anything that offends the sensibilities or threatens the privileges of the > Single Sustainables. > > Freedom, Bush says, means people can "educate their children, male and female" > -- unless, of course, you want to educate them about sex or evolution or the > history of all the crimes that governments have committed in their name. > > Freedom, Bush says, means people can "own property" -- if they can afford it, > that is, or unless some rich wastrel wants to, say, build a baseball stadium > on it, or drill for oil under it, or put a military base on it, in which case > it will be taken away. > > Freedom, Bush says, means people can "enjoy the benefits of their labor" -- > unless, of course, they have unionized in order to procure these benefits, in > which case they can be fired or beaten or killed, as happens every day in > nations employing the "single sustainable model." > > "These values of freedom," Bush says, "are right and true for every person, in > every society" -- except, of course, when they are not, and always exempting > those nations (such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Colombia) that repress > and murder their own people but don't interfere unduly with the profits of the > Bush family and the other Sustainables. > > Tellingly, Bush's list of basic freedoms contains no right of privacy, no > inviolability of person, no right to information about government actions, no > right of redress for wrongs inflicted by the powerful, nor a host of other > freedoms once considered essential to the liberty of an independent citizen. > > No, what we have here is simply a candy-coated model for a militarized world, > a fanatical ideology enforced by the ever-looming threat of punishment and > death. > > What we have here is bin Laden writ large
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