The Power of Nightmare (2004)
The rise of politics of fear
#2. The Phantom Victory
The neoconservatives and Islamic jihadists have one common goal- to elevate their community. In the mid 70s and 80s, USSR was also their common enemy. Their playground then was Afghanistan. When Afghanistan was attacked, Ronald Reagan and his band of neoconservatives took it upon themselves to arm the Mujahideens with latest technology and weapons as well as plaster them with tons of money to crush the Soviet power.The rise of politics of fear
#2. The Phantom Victory
Pretty soon, the Muslim clergymen around the Muslim passed a fatwa (decree) calling it a religious duty to help their Muslim brothers to protect their motherland. This just drew support in many forms. Through Abdullah Azam's enterprising efforts, help came from Arabs, members of Muslim Brotherhood and other more radical Islamic groups. Some prisons were more than willing to relieve their radical inmates for this jihad. These people wanted to use Afghanistan as a model to make Islam as a nucleus to flush out corrupt regimes in the Middle East.
Ayman Zawahari (influenced by Sayid Kutb) recruited the rich Osama Binladen to plan for a post war Afghanistan. Soon there were two groups of freedom fighters emerged - the moderate ones under Azam and the radical Islamists who were non-Afghanis, most Arabic jihadists. These jihadists feel that democracy was unIslamic as it gave politicians power to make laws. Only laws of God and Koran can be used on Earth, hence politicians or people condoning politicians should be killed!
The Afghani war was taking its toll on USSR. Body count was increasing and the economy took a nose dive. Gorbachev tried to break a deal with Reagan to negotiate peace and allay his fear on the probable direction of a radical Islamic government in Afghanistan but it was plainly refused. The Soviets left wounded.
Both the US and the Mujahideen thought that they had both won the war all by themselves. The neoconservatives thought their weaponry and planning of fighting violence with violence did the trick. The Islamists thought their dedication and quest for the Truth won the war!
In reality, the unconvincing and brittle Soviet system of governance collapsed like a pack of cards. The collapse of the Berlin Wall further convinced the neoconservatives that their way of violence freed people and spread democracy. In reality also, it was a phantom victory, nobody actually won the war.
Azam died suspiciously in a car bomb blast, giving Zawahari and Osama to out power the struggle. The fire of Islamic revolutionism spread to countries like Algeria and Egypt. Local election favoured radical groups who planned to abolish democratic elections after they had won. The army then moved in to enforce martial law.
The Afghani war was taking its toll on USSR. Body count was increasing and the economy took a nose dive. Gorbachev tried to break a deal with Reagan to negotiate peace and allay his fear on the probable direction of a radical Islamic government in Afghanistan but it was plainly refused. The Soviets left wounded.
Both the US and the Mujahideen thought that they had both won the war all by themselves. The neoconservatives thought their weaponry and planning of fighting violence with violence did the trick. The Islamists thought their dedication and quest for the Truth won the war!
In reality, the unconvincing and brittle Soviet system of governance collapsed like a pack of cards. The collapse of the Berlin Wall further convinced the neoconservatives that their way of violence freed people and spread democracy. In reality also, it was a phantom victory, nobody actually won the war.
Azam died suspiciously in a car bomb blast, giving Zawahari and Osama to out power the struggle. The fire of Islamic revolutionism spread to countries like Algeria and Egypt. Local election favoured radical groups who planned to abolish democratic elections after they had won. The army then moved in to enforce martial law.
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Again people are seen as zombies, just following the masses with no mind of their own and no foresight.
In the 80s, Saddam Hussein was an American ally. That changed when he attacked Kuwait. It prompted the stability and peace loving Bush Sr, a non neoconservative (like Kissinger) to interfere and send Saddam's army back to Iraq. This disappointed the neoconservatives.
They returned with a vengeance. They campaigned to create religion as a basis of society, even though they do not believe in religion. A noble lie for the greater benefit of the nation is acceptable in their dictionary. They infiltrate the Republican Party, advocating moralism and opposing multiculturalism. This turned off the people who voted the Democratic candidate, Bill Clinton.
After failed attempts at establishing an Islamic institutions in the Islamic countries, the jihadists retreated into the hostile terrains of Afghanistan. Osama and Zawahari with their warped sense of justification went on spree of killing politicians and all who supported politicians, i.e. general public. Their perception is that all politicians are corrupt and all those who supported them need to be punished. They, as the vanguards of the decree of God, had to do what they have to do.
Across the Atlantic, the spread evangelicalism and moral advocacy did not go well with the American public and the Republican party was booted out. In a way, the ideology of Straussian was similar to Marxism! In comes Bill Clinton, the subject of witch-hunt . Barrage of accusations were hurled to discredit the Clintons via Arkansas project - White Water shady land deal (enen though the Clintons lost money), drug smuggling, sexual predatory and even murder (it turned out to be suicide). After many failures, the linchpin was Monica Lewinsky's dress and the affair which managed to try and impeach the president, but in vain! Kenneth Starr and his fellow neoconservatives found a phantom enemy in Bill Clinton.
In the 80s, Saddam Hussein was an American ally. That changed when he attacked Kuwait. It prompted the stability and peace loving Bush Sr, a non neoconservative (like Kissinger) to interfere and send Saddam's army back to Iraq. This disappointed the neoconservatives.
They returned with a vengeance. They campaigned to create religion as a basis of society, even though they do not believe in religion. A noble lie for the greater benefit of the nation is acceptable in their dictionary. They infiltrate the Republican Party, advocating moralism and opposing multiculturalism. This turned off the people who voted the Democratic candidate, Bill Clinton.
After failed attempts at establishing an Islamic institutions in the Islamic countries, the jihadists retreated into the hostile terrains of Afghanistan. Osama and Zawahari with their warped sense of justification went on spree of killing politicians and all who supported politicians, i.e. general public. Their perception is that all politicians are corrupt and all those who supported them need to be punished. They, as the vanguards of the decree of God, had to do what they have to do.
Across the Atlantic, the spread evangelicalism and moral advocacy did not go well with the American public and the Republican party was booted out. In a way, the ideology of Straussian was similar to Marxism! In comes Bill Clinton, the subject of witch-hunt . Barrage of accusations were hurled to discredit the Clintons via Arkansas project - White Water shady land deal (enen though the Clintons lost money), drug smuggling, sexual predatory and even murder (it turned out to be suicide). After many failures, the linchpin was Monica Lewinsky's dress and the affair which managed to try and impeach the president, but in vain! Kenneth Starr and his fellow neoconservatives found a phantom enemy in Bill Clinton.
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