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Michael and Me
by Edgar J. Steele
March 26, 2003
"Misery acquaints a man with strange
bedfellows."
--William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 2 (1610)
"Politics make strange bedfellows."
--Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden, Ch 15 (1871)
Alliances shift as quickly as the weather
changes, it seems. Particularly, these days. Now it's France that
is in the barrel and the butt of American jokes. Used to be, not
so long ago, we were buddies with all things frog. No more. Freedom
Fries in the Congressional cafeteria now - that's the extent of
Congressional involvement with this war, by the way.
And Russia - Our WWII buddy became our Cold
War adversary. Then, with Glasnost, our buddy again. Now, with the
Middle East imploding, it appears that Russia is lining up opposite
us once again. This concerns me even more than the substantial bulk
of China standing behind North Korea.
Reminds me of high school. Only there's no study hall in which to
pass notes and get the scoop on who likes us now. We have to figure
it out for ourselves. Actually, it's pretty easy since Bush the
Second went on a tear - now everybody hates us. Everybody but Israel,
of course. More on that relationship in a bit, but first let's look
at Hollywood, which has become downright schizophrenic lately.
Hollywood denizens now are of two stripes:
pro war and anti war. And lots of members of both camps are downright
confused. Witness Michael Moore, who accepted his Best Documentary
Oscar by denouncing a "fictitious" President Bush, "fictitious
election results," and the War on Iraq, which he said is for
"fictitious reasons." But Moore has long been anti war.
At least he is consistent.
Moore was nearly booed off the stage by
the new Hollywood chickenhawk contingency (neocons, all). Witness
the following character assassination by an insider: "His public
persona is that of an anti-corporate crusader from working-class
Flint, Michigan, who wears a constant uniform of slouchy jeans,
a plaid shirt and a Detroit Tigers baseball cap. But the real Michael
Moore rides in limos and lives in a swanky $1.2 million Manhattan
apartment. Moore's 'blue collar bonhomie' is bunk." -- "The
Moore the Scarier," by Debbie Schlussel (3/25/03): http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/defensewrapper.jsp?PID=1051-350&CID=1051-032503B
Notice the singularly Chosen sound of Moore's
critic's name. That tells you everything, or should, if you have
been paying attention. Jews and neocons go together these days like
pizza and beer. In fact, jews ARE neocons. They have hijacked the
word "conservative," which is why so many traditional
conservatives are so uneasy these days. Non-jewish neocons are either
confused or directly serving the purposes of the New World Order
group, which looks to impose Pax Americana on the entire world,
starting with Afghanistan and Iraq.
Moore is illustrative of the congenital
leftist who rails against the war and, looking around, is confused
to see people like myself standing alongside, shouting even louder.
Lots of traditional liberals have joined this list lately, and written
me somewhat bashfully to say they agree with much of what I have
to say. It's not for nothing that I labeled myself a neoliberal
a while ago: See "Neoliberals and the New World Order"
at http://www.conspiracypenpal.com/columns/neolib.htm
Somebody should do a documentary, showing
us hard-line right wingers hugging Michael Moore. We could call
it "Michael and Me." You may recall that Moore first hit
the big time with his documentary several years ago, entitled "Roger
and Me," which embarrassed General Motors in its hometown of
Flint, Michigan. Instead of rabbits being knocked on the head and
skinned, we can show pictures of maimed Iraqi children.
Let's get really clear about something here:
I love America. I love the coasts, the mountains, the lakes the
broad, flat plains. I love the people - people that raised me to
be just like them. Just folks. Lately, I have had a few neocons
write and tell me to leave America because of my antiwar stance.
I attended a political dinner the other night and was stunned to
hear one of Idaho's congressional representatives call for all those
who didn't support Bush one-hundred percent to move to France. Of
course, we all recall Ashcroft's warning to us to "watch what
(we) say."
Neocons got PayPal to cancel my account
because of these essays I write. No longer can you contribute via
on-line credit card to PCLU so that deserving victims of our tyrannical
government receive free legal representation, not that PayPal ever
proved to be much of a source, anyway. Neocons disagree with me,
so they get PayPal to do their dirty work. That's the way they work.
Around the side and in the back when you're not looking.
Don't confuse America with its current government
hierarchy. When I served in the military, it was made clear to me
that, regardless of how I felt about another in uniform, I was to
show full respect to the uniform. Same thing today, with judges
- lots of judges I wouldn't give the time of day to in real life,
but whose robes I respect when in the courtroom. I love America;
it's the current American regime I can't abide.
If you currently support this war in Iraq,
then please consider me, and others like myself, not to mention
Michael Moore, your loyal adversaries. We honestly think you wouldn't
believe as you do if you had all the facts.
Michael and me. Strange bedfellows. I opposed
the Viet Nam war. I suspect Michael did, too. But, most of those
who booed Michael the other night also opposed it, I would wager.
Difference is, today they want America to go kill, kill, kill. Go
figure. It doesn't make any sense at all until you realize that
we are carrying Israel's water this time around. That's why so many
Viet Nam war protestors are now neocon supporters of Bush. Turns
out that so many leaders of the Viet Nam antiwar movement, like
Abbie Hoffman, were jewish. Of course, communism is a singularly
jewish invention and North Viet Nam was communist, wasn't it?
And don't confuse being antiwar with failing
to "support the troops," the latest phrase being used
to shout down dissidents in America. Of course we support the troops.
We support them so much that it pains us to hear just how many are
dying over there in the desert. Virtually all are just following
orders, doing their jobs. Just as so many, myself included, did
during the Viet Nam era. It's the policymakers with whom I disagree.
A couple of Generals, too, by the way.
Mind you, I draw the line at Lt. William
Calley and what he and his men did in My Lai, Viet Nam. I will draw
that line just as quickly for American soldiers who commit atrocities
in the Middle East, a number of which appear already to have occurred
in Afghanistan. Following orders is no excuse for murder.
Strange bedfellows. America, which screams
loudly about Geneva Convention violations because Iraq televised
pictures of POWs, says nothing about what Israel does on a near-daily
basis and which explains why Ariel Sharon and other jewish leaders
have been indicted by a war crimes tribunal in Belgium.
Just a few days ago, an American-made bulldozer
driven by an Israeli soldier intentionally ran down and killed an
American citizen serving as a human shield in Palestine, Rachel
Corrie. Just yesterday, Israel gets $11 billion additional aid pledged
from the U.S. There are about 90 million households in America,
therefore Rachel Corrie's father has to pay $122.22 of that to her
killers, over and above what he's been paying all along, that is.
Ironically, now it comes out that Mary Cheney,
the lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, is in Jordan
and enroute to Iraq to serve as a human shield, just as Rachel Corrie
did in Palestine. http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=245183&lang=e&dir=news
America and Israel are strange bedfellows,
too. Only the Americans think Israel is its buddy. Israelis think
very differently, indeed. Consider the following statement from
a prominent Israeli web site today: "(W)e already knew that
this war is for us - i.e., the Jews and Israel. Chazal - our sages
- throughout the ages have explained the Torah, telling us that
everything that happens in the world is for the benefit of the Jewish
People. Simply put another way, if all the world is a stage, then
the Jews - and especially those in the Land of Israel - are the
lead actors on the stage of history, and the goyim - the nations,
i.e. the gentiles - have supporting roles, while the evil-doers
are props and background scenery.
As our tradition states, G-D - the great
playwright - created the world for the sake of the Jewish People,
and it is our responsibility to implement the Torah - absolute morality
and the blueprint of creation - in it." Ariel Natan Pasko,
"This War is for Us," Arutz-Sheva (3/26/03) http://www.israelnationalnews.com/article.php3?id=2125
"B-b-b-but," you splutter, "I
read the news. I watch CNN and Fox News. I know what's going on
and it's nothing like that." Sad to say, you are radically
misinformed, my friend.
For example, American news sources just
reported that we blew up a Basran bridge in a move to "isolate"
the city. In truth, American forces were beating a hasty retreat
from the city and blew the bridge to discourage pursuers.
Remember the "Shock and Awe" which
was going to make this war an affair of just a few days? You don't
hear about that any more, do you?
Even our pals, the Brits, finally are turning
against America: "(T)his U.S. administration doesn't consider
it is bound by other people's laws. It can do what it likes and
expects others to do what it likes, too." London Daily Mirror
(3/25/03).
Of course, the media has a bit of help from
the American military forces. The following appeared today in the
letters section of WhatReallyHappened.com: (A film crew from al-Minar
TV, a television network of Lebanon, stumbled across the bodies
of about 40 US soldiers scattered in the desert outside Maseriah.)
"It was obvious the soldiers had been in a major battle as
there was empty ammunition casing everywhere...We called on our
satellite phone to our base camp and told them what we had found
and they told the Americans where we were located. Soon some American
helicopters came to us and the Americans took all our camera and
recording equipment and smashed it. They told us to leave the area
and say nothing of this finding. When we arrived back at our base
to the south there were American military police everywhere and
they destroyed all of our equipment and told us to leave Iraq immediately."
You can bank on the fact that Dan Rather
won't be reporting on this massacre tonight.
It is possible to get accurate news about the world, but you have
to go hunting for it and the Internet is ideal for that. Concerning
the Iraqi war, here are some sites for much more accurate war reporting:
http://www.overthrow.com/
The best of the lot. Quite readable and pretty accurate. Bookmark
this one, if nothing else.
http://www.aeronautics.ru/news/news002/news076.htm
A Russian GRU source which seems particularly accurate and reliable.
Uses Russian reconnaisance satellite imaging extensively. Written
and translated daily. Click on "Next Report" until you
reach the most recent. Usually updated in the evening, US time.
http://www.aljazeerah.info/
English translation of the famous Middle East news organization's
internet site. Accused by American media and administration spokesmen
of bias and propagandizing, the reporting here appears more in line
with independent (European and Russian) reporting than American.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/index.shtml
English translation of a Muslim site. Clear pro-Muslim bias, but
seems to be closer to independent reporting than American mainstream
news sources.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com Israel-based site for the Israeli/jewish
take on things. A real eye opener for those who have yet to figure
out what zionism (jewish supremacism) is about.
http://globalfire.tv/nj/03en/politics/content.htm
Fairly typical European news site. Expect surprisingly high anti-American
sentiment here.
Finally, for the American take on things:
http://abcnews.go.com/ or http://www.cnn.com/ The most professional
appearing, by far, but heavily propagandized and distorted for a
pro-administration viewpoint. Typical of American mainstream reporting.
Best used for contrast to other sources. Read between the lines
by using the other sources cited above.
American media is almost exclusively in
neocon (that's jewish, don't forget) hands. That's why.
Why do so many Iraqi militia members appear to be civilians? Because
they are. Consider: all light weapons, even fully-automatic machine
guns, have always been available without restriction or license
in shops throughout Iraq. Just how much did Saddam's government
have to fear from its own people if it would allow that?
I was going to insert a stomach-wrenching
picture here, of an Iraqi man lifting his mangled, still-living
young son's body, badly injured and with a foot blown off, from
the rubble. I decided against it, but invite you to follow this
link while it is still posted: http://www.halturnershow.com/ Make
no mistake - this is what war looks like. This scene will be repeated
a thousand times if/when this war finds its way home to America.
Fact is, so far we are losing this war.
Already, we are running low on cruise missiles and we haven't even
entered any cities for the inevitable street-to-street combat. Even
so, American body bags are filling up at a pace well beyond anything
being reported in mainstream news sources. Our supply lines have
been hopelessly stretched out, with Iraqi soldiers left behind to
cut them at will. It is a poorly-kept secret that the American commander,
General Tommy Franks, one of the chosen, is in trouble for his poor
planning and deplorable tactics. Look for him to be replaced soon.
For a preview of coming weeks, rent "Blackhawk
Down" and view it. While you are in the video rental store,
pick up a copy of "We Were Soldiers," a little-noticed
Mel Gibson movie that I consider the absolute best of the genre.
These two movies will, I predict, completely change your attitude
toward this war.
Clearly, more troops and materiel will be
thrown into the fray, so as to salvage the look of inevitability.
However, it is going to take a LOT longer than anticipated to subjugate
this little country, approximately the size of Montana. And Iran,
then Syria, then, likely, Saudi Arabia are next.
If I were Iran, I would strike a deal with Saddam and move my troops
into Iraq now, and attempt to persuade other Arab countries to do
the same, in a bid to defeat American forces decisively. America
has shown itself to be mortal. America could lose this war. And
then, of course, there is North Korea, with China, who lusts after
Taiwan, backing it up. And our new-found friends, the Russians,
are behind the Arabs, make no mistake. And, out of sight, there
is serious fighting going on in both Indonesia and, of all places,
the Phillipines. People from countries all around the world are
signing up volunteers to travel to Iraq and fight America, notably
Indonesia and India.
If we get our butts kicked in Iraq, count
on the Arabs then turning on Israel, which can respond only with
nuclear weapons. If we win in Iraq, count on the same response.
That will draw in Russia, who will turn Israel into a giant, self-illuminated
glass parking lot. That, in turn, forces America to respond in kind,
since America now is run by zionists. "Saddamed if We Do, Saddamed
if We Don't," which I wrote back in November, seems even more
relevant today - http://www.conspiracypenpal.com/columns/saddamed.htm
In other words, World War III has begun,
to the delight of both the Arabs and Israel, both of whom think
they will prevail when the dust settles. America, as usual, is the
giant pawn in play.
By the way, if Saddam had all those "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
that the UN teams couldn't find, then you have to ask yourself why,
now that he is in the fight of his life, he hasn't used them.
We're spending upwards of $80 billion on this little war, and that
is just for openers. That's $889 per American household. We could
end hunger in America for that. We could provide needed medicine
to all America's elderly. We could provide housing to all the homeless
for that. The mind reels from the possibilities. Yet, we use it
to kill thousands upon thousands of Iraqis bent upon defending their
homeland from the American aggressor. Hell, we could use it hire
all the Iraqis to do our bidding! Yet, we feel compelled to kill
them and subjugate their country to our will.
Because of our buddy, Israel, make no mistake.
Strange bedfellow, indeed.
-ed
"I didn't say it would be easy.
I just said it would be the truth."
- Morpheus
Copyright ©2003, Edgar J. Steele
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