[Marxism] Weapons of Freedom and Democracy

["Gilles d'Aymery" <aymery@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

NO SIR, NO SIR, the U.S. does not have WMDs, only Weapons of Freedom and
Democracy -- WFDs -- which are liberally used in defense of human rights
that, of course, were invented thanks to the goodness of the capitalist
system and the funding of altruistic philanthropists such as George Soros
to create open societies in the image of our great country. To dare
suggest that Mr. Bush's words have even a remote similarity with those of
Hitler is an insult to a good man who's doing god's will and uses WFDs
for the betterment of humanity (and Halliburton). We had Hitler in
Yugoslavia (Milosevic, the "butcher of the Balkans," who just died on
March 11, 2006) and our WFDs took care of him; Hitler was also spotted in
Iraq (Saddam, the "butcher of Baghdad") and see what our WFDs
accomplished -- Freedom and Democracy in Iraq, no less. Don Rumsfeld has
discovered a new Hitler in South America, Hugo Chávez of Venezuela who
appears to have displaced Fidel Castro as the most dangerous man in our
peaceful hemisphere (he has oil; Castro, only sugar, doctors, and
educators). There's also another Hitler in the Hermit Kingdom but before
we can dispatch him to calmer mornings six-feet under we must confront a
more formidable Hitler found in Persia. This latest Hitler incarnation is
stubbornly bent on wiping out our friends in the region. He denies the
Holocaust. He's adamant about acquiring nuclear weapons (what peaceful
country, in its own sound mind, would want to develop nuclear weapons
when WFDs is all that's required to spread freedom and democracy?). This
new Hitler is the gravest danger civilization has ever faced, and
President Bush (peace be upon Him) will get rid, god willing, of this
terrible menace sooner or later (better sooner than later... Yahoo!).

JUST AMAZING HOW so many Hitlerites have sprouted lately, like
cauliflowers in the spring. So many Barbarians are knocking on our door.
Will we have enough WFDs to contain them, defeat them all? America, don't
worry, in the name of god and humanitarian rights (like DU...just an
example of our goodness), has a mission: we will defeat them. We will.
(And, if in so doing, the world is destroyed, so be it. That's our
destiny, god's destiny. Enjoy the road to Rapture in your SUV.) But don't
criticize the US government or compare Mr. Bush to the man with the
moustache, at least if you wish to keep your job.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, what do I hear through the grapevine? Kurt Vonnegut, no
less, mixed or analogized Hitler and our dear president too... I can't
believe it! Let the record speak for itself: "The only difference between
Bush and Hitler is that Hitler was elected." He also said that, "George
W. Bush is the syphilis president." Will Vonnegut get the Bennish or Berg
treatment or is he fortunate enough to be famous -- and cannot be fired?
Stay tuned.

ALWAYS REMEMBER, children, American freedom is a god-given right that we
want to export to the world...and that we are increasingly curtailing at
home.

[More: http://www.swans.com/library/art12/desk034.html]

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