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America seems to be at war with Fascist Cults. Or, more accurately,
Fascist Cults seem to be at war with America, with America not inclined
to notice. The more Fascist and Cult-like the organization, the more
hostile it is to America. The reason I use the word “organization” is
because sometimes these organizations control nations, and sometimes
they do not. And, of course, these organizations do not have to be
foreign.
The Fascist Cult views each member as a part of an organic whole.
Conflict with “The Other” helps keep the whole, whole. As does a
Sacred, often apocalyptic, mission. Terrorism can acquire a religious
significance. This organic whole is personified in the person of the
leader, living or dead. If dead, the effective perpetuation of the Cult
seems to require the successor to be either a spiritual or family
descendant of the founder (Iran is an example of the former, Syria of
the latter, and North Korea of both).
The United States — as the most prominent example of a nation with
individual rights and consensual changes in leadership — is a natural
magnet for hostility. A leader of a Fascist Cult who successfully
“stands up” to the US brings the Cult prestige (Castro, Kim, Khomeini).
This is why retreat or “giving in” increases the danger. Deals, when
made, are soon broken. Tension with the US is an existential need.
The more fanatical — and therefore incompatible — the Fascist Cults,
the easier they can submerge their differences to cooperate against the
US (Iran and Korea are current examples or, earlier, Nazi Germany and
Imperial Japan).
An example of a weakly organized and centered Fascist Cult is the
Obama Democratic Party and the Obama News Media. Obamacrats and newsies
do not think Mr. Obama lies to them; they think he lies for them. They
are loyal, not to the America that is, but to “The America, washed
clean, to Come.” Of course every New America is different, hence a lack
of specificity. They are not just herding cats, they are herding
Schrödinger’s cats(*). Mr. Obama is, for them, the anthropomorphic
personification of that unspecified “New America” and a living policy
fudge. In their eyes, Obama gains prestige when he stands up to “the
Old America,” rather than standing up to Foreign Fascists (who need to
stand up to him).
Fortunately, as the episode with Ted Rall shows, the Obamacrats are
currently held together by a “weak force” and are not exactly signing
on for political suicide missions, let alone the other kind. Fascist
Cults cannot long abide dissent, however, so they either dissolve into
numerous cells or become ever more authoritarian.
If the Obama Democrats were a “1″ on the ten point Fascist scale
while out of power, I would give them a “2″ thus far, having acquired
it. Kim’s North Korea would be a nine. Iran? A seven. Hamas, a six.
Saddam staying in power was fast becoming a defeat for the US on the
Iraq front of The Fascist Terror Cult War. Simply by surviving one war
with the US, and defying the US for years afterwards, Saddam was
winning: gaining prestige and even allies. US defeat on that front
would have been complete with a Saddam “break out” from sanctions and
eventual acquisition of WMD. That defeat — and it would have been major
— was avoided by the Iraq war.
Personally, I was skeptical of turning of Iraq into a model society
because, in truth, I did not see the American People as having the
patience to do it. Predictably, every suicide bomb was greeted as
evidence of defeat. However, Iraqis have been holding a lot of
elections so perhaps the idea of consensual government is taking hold.
If it does, that will be a major victory for America in our War with
Fascist Cults. Assuming, that is, we don’t lose it at home. hdgreene:
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