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Re: Sarajevo market massacre





At 05:56 PM 10/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/10/1999 5:21:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Barry.Buitekant@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>Sorry, Barry, didn't mean to use the wrong phrase here, but don't worry, I am
>not a Laroucheite (sp?) The origin of the term New World Order is indeed
>ultra-right, but not the La Rouche variety: it was coined by Hitler and
>amazingly enough re-introduced by I believe it was Bush speaking in '89.and
>refering to the splendid new situation where a) there was no antagonistic
>Soviet camp and b) the US and a united Germany would work together to remake
>the world. Oh yes, I believe they also included Russia, at the time. It was
>going to be a glorious partnership.


Just an elaboration: "New World Order" was also bandied about quite a bit
by the US's pro-Nazis before WW II, the most embarrassing version being
"America and A New World Order" by Graeme K. Howard (a vice-president of
General Motors) in 1940.

Roland Chrisjohn











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