Anders Behring Breivik is an exceptional instance. The gathered details concerning his political beliefs, affinities, activities, show no indications of irrationality, lack of logic, disordered thought processes, or even psychopathology. There must be some cracks in his personality, that may yet surface as details come forward, but in the information currently available there is nothing that would indicate that he could do what he has been charged with and alleged to have done. That he has committed the violent acts he is suspected of is likely true. That is not what the biggest question is. His profile causes us to ask why. He was a model instance, almost a pardigm instance, of a European who has well thought out, intellectually solid, right wing political beliefs, nationalism and beliefs against multiculturalism. These were not irrational, emotional, outbursts, but a long held, solid, rational political position as to what he thought right for Norway and Europe with indications of some right wing idealism. He was anti nazi, anti neo nazi. He did have contentions against Norway's governing Labor Party which is part of the "red-green coalition", and is very left wing, socialist in its ideology. It is also pro multiculturalism, not against multiculturalism. Socialist governments, despite their holding to policies of "transparency, openness" and so forth, tend to be, almost without exception, somewhat forceful as to their platforms and policies. They do seek popular belief in those platforms and policies and socialists can be highly manipulative on that issue. (We have seen it in other instances of socialist governments.) How does this then relate to Breivik ?
The theory that Anders Behring Breivik, was being pushed to change his political viewpoints & beliefs, & reacted to that undue pressure, gains credence from indications he had a grudge against the governing labor party & its multiculturalism policies in Norway. Norway may have broken him, in its attempts to change his mind from right to left. Left wing "brain washing" is strongly suspected. Or another group using "brain washing" tactics for effect, to discredit the European political right wing. The latter would indicate a level of sophistication not previously clearly seen in that political arena, in any similar context. During the Cold War I was taught how what I will loosely term "brain washing" methods, work, particularly in reference to totalistic societies but also within espionage, in situations of ideological conflict. It is a psychologically brutal system and I was shown how it can, particularly if misused with intent to produce instances of ideological conversion, can result in not only desired conversion reactions against the ideological and affinity relations someone is being programmed away from, but in some instances of very strong, solid, core beliefs, can result in equally strong reactions against whatever group appears to be the source of the attempted conversion of beliefs and affinities. Clearly Breivik was a long term member of the political right wing. He started in his youth and had not deviated since then. If the push away from, for example, right wing beliefs attacks what is pat of the "personality core" aggressively enough, and the core is particularly strong and solid, the reaction can become directed at whatever is perceived as the source of the attack on the core personality. Less likely to happen where beliefs are more superficial, "interests" rather than deeply internalized beliefs. Breivik himself believed his beliefs were more than "interests" adding weight to the theory that he was broken by what amounts to being the Norwegian governing left, or a group capable of similar manipulation pretending to be the Norwegian governing left, Labor Party. This is insufficient to lead to a definite conclusion as to placing blame on the Norwegian government, as to having attempted to "brain wash" Breivik. Let me explain why. In espionage this is referred to as an instance of "signature", where "signature" is what is characteristic of a group or ideology, but can be "forged" by another group for manipulative purposes. Forged signature can never be entirely excluded in instances of "brain washing". There were instances during the Cold War, of "forged signature" attempts at ideological conversion. Attempts that were made to look like they were coming from Washington, when in fact they were not, but were designed to attempt to convert to anti-Americanism by making it appear that U.S. operatives were on the offensive and the source for attacks. The purpose in those instances was to convert the target against the United States anti Soviet Cold War position. So, although there appear to be indications of a Norwegian governing Labor Party "signature" on what appears to be attempted conversion of Anders Behring Breivik away from his right wing, anti multiculturalism, nationalist views, we cannot conclude from that indication that that 'signature" was in fact the Norwegian government, as it could be "forced" by another group wanting to set up Breivik to target the Labor Party and Norway's government. We have insufficient background detail to determine that with any certainty. So we have a problem of unprecedented proportions at the worst possible moment in our western history. We have a man, who is a model instance of the political right wing, an anti Nazi, Christian, conservative, anti multiculturalist, allegedly "Zionist", who has strong views concerning muslims and Islam, among other similar right wing positions, charged with terrorism, likely to be charged with more than 95 deaths and large number of injuries, in Norway. It threatens to discredit right wing politics in Europe exactly at a time when that political stance is of immense significance in determining how the western world, particularly Europe, will evolve towards its political future. It may even determine Europe's survival in terms of its cultural and ideological heritage, into that future. A very crucial problem for European, in fact for western, Judeo Christian originated, politics, now and into the immediate future. An event that if misinterpreted, or misunderstood, could damage Europe and the west irreparably. Bob Ezergailis Canada -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
