Re: The nature of the new war

["John Gelles" <johng@xxxxxxxxxx>]

                WAR on war by fascism-Islamic style


    In little more than half a century fascism, - Japanese,
    Italian, and German style, has been defeated. Other
    national flavors have died under pressure from within
    and without their borders. The war against fascism
    continues. And as weapons become more potent and
    available (long before fascist powers achieve size and
    notoriety), their defeat remains as urgent as ever-- more
    so if that is possible.

    Fascism may be defined as the invocation of cultural
    myth by evil leaders in pursuit of personal power and
    wealth and absolute civil obedience. These they pursue
    by terror and murder at home and daring to make war
    abroad.

    (Red fascism is the same, substituting, only, for the
    invocation of cultural myth, invocation of Marxist visions
    drenched with envy and hate.)

    We are at war with fascism-Islamic style: Victory will be
    ours or theirs -- and the outcome will effect all our lives.

    Pacifism triumphant, outside this fascist realm, will mean
    victory for medieval barbarism. Only military heroes on
    our side stand between it and all human rights.

    It is the common sense duty of we who love human liberty
    to understand the enemy and stop him while we can. We
    must stand united with our leaders until that enemy is dead.

    What of the denial of full human rights in nations outside
    the fascist realm-- including in our own and our allies?
    Do we go on strike-- until no serious denial of human rights
    at home remains-- even as we fight total evil abroad?

        No. We don't go on strike. We continue the long
        struggle for full human rights, (economic and political),
        as integral to our war aims. And we do not diminish
        by one iota our commitment to defeating fascism
        once again.

    What of the view that we face a clash of empires? That
    Islam must be contained? That benign beliefs and freedom
    of speech and religion must spread in this ancient realm if
    peace is to remain possible?

        We answer this line of speculation with the thought
        that when fascism-Islamic style is destroyed, we may
        find a the clash of empires is just not going to happen.

        Ancient Islamic scholarship and tolerance are renown.

    There is reason for optimism that modern and traditional
    Islam can coexist with Hindu, Christian, Jewish and other
    faiths, within nations and families, inside and proximate to
    Islamic nations, places and populations.

        John Gelles