Tag: politics

…Can Democracy Survive?

The West as we know, has developed a dynamic history and civilization. Other cultures, no matter how long lasting, have remained more static, therefore weaker. We all pay for it now. Let’s keep in mind that somebody’s power is dangerous only in the presence of somebody’s weakness. Sixty years after WW2, the West’s shining democracy declines. The West’s unmatched power has engendered its limitless appetite for riches wherever they are. Neoimperialism constitutes a mortal threat to the world’s peace and stability. The neo-Caesars, neo-Napoleons, neo-Hitlers lurk.

#77-excerpt, “Can Democracy Survive?”, … Read More

The Jews, the World and Money

We really don’t have a clue why among all the ethnies that wandered through Europe in late antiquity and early middle ages, the Jews, and later Gypsies, were the only ones that didn’t develop a self-defense concept. However it was a pretty dangerous world and they had to be aware of it and in those times there were plenty of mountains and forests that could serve as natural shelters and fortresses. Like the Moorish soldiers defeated by Charlemagne who found their niche in the Alps (today’s Valais), like the Druze … Read More

Afghanistan — East is East…

East is East and West is West
and Never the Twain Shall Meet (5/24)
If Canadians believed Kipling they wouldn’t parade to celebrate the glory of the Canadian Army in Afghanistan. What kind of business drives them into Central Asia anyway? Immigrants come from East to West mostly to westernize. Are Westerners going East to ‘Easternize’? The USA follows an imperial policy that’s as old as the world. Canada, even as an ally, doesn’t have to loyally follow in all its steps. Do gooders should seek and act where they … Read More

Armageddon

Times Online June 06/03/02 (excerpt):
Terror war must target 60 nations, says Bush
from James Doran in Washington

The United States must be prepared to take the War on Terror to up to 60 countries if weapons of mass destruction are to be kept out of terrorists’ hands, President Bush said at the weekend.

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In the French movie “Faust”, the young Faust (Gerard Philippe) contemplates the vision of the future sent him by the Devil (Michel Simon). He is on horseback and all he sees around him is ashes … Read More