Replace the USA?

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Replace the USA?
From the desk of George Handlery on Mon, 2007-03-26 13:46

If you are familiar with this website, you know this author deals with
the "transatlantic relationship" and the related "defense of advanced
civilizations." It tells a lot about our time's challenge that these
are not the themes for which his diplomas predestine the writer. For
the shift in emphasis, there are good reasons. It is the Atlantic
alliance and our Judeo-Christian civilization's PC defying confidence
to rise to its own defense that will determine the future.

Several previous articles had Europe's political collapse as their
topic. Naturally, not all of Europe is anti-American, anti-Israel and
thereby valiantly committed to surrender to anyone caring to conquer
it. Granted, views such as from a letter to the Editor might dominate
he "Israel and America are my axis of evil." To counter such
portrayals of opinion, a piece defying the trend will be presented.
Its much-published source is Dr. Anton Czettler, whose only blemish is
that he is a senior friend of this writer. His recall, learning and
vast experience make him into a walking encyclopedia and a reference
for ideas to be tested.

The abbreviated English version of his "The Chosen People of the New
Age" is of interest not only because it fails to be fashionably anti-
American. The piece deserves attention because it represents a very
European view of America and as such, it undertakes to combat
distortions that fog the present. Although written in 2003, it
represents the current view of the author who consented to this
project. The growing alienation of the Atlantic sibling-cultures
represents to Dr. Czettler - and to this writer - a mindlessly taken
decision whose consequences will extort, especially for Europe, a
heavy price. Astonishingly, Europe's 20th century mistakes are
repeated - without assurance that the ultimate outcome will be as
undeservedly fortunate as in the past.

"Globally anti-Americanism is on the increase. Besides the
leftists and the once KGB-supported 'peace-movements,' pacifist and
even church groups again participate in anti-war demonstrations. On
the long run, anti-Americanism damages our national interests: the
camouflaged but determinedly pursued Russian imperialism endangers not
only our country [Czettler means Hungary] but also Europe. To fend it
off we can ultimately count only on the military means and the
political commitment of America.


"The interpreters of America explain Bush's Iraq policy primarily
with economic arguments. This explanation is not only superficial but
is also a remnant of the Marxist decades of the past. To gain a
rational perspective it is beneficial to look back at the history of
the United States.


"The intellectual roots of the original immigrants go back to the
Old- and New Testaments. These have compared their perilous passage to
the desert wanderings of the Israelites. Their symbolic purpose was to
build a 'New Jerusalem' across the ocean. The strong spiritual bond
between Israel and the US can be inferred mainly from this old-
testament influence and only to a lesser extent from the efforts of
some 'Jewish Lobby.' The conservative and puritan elements that rose
to influence under Bush support, more intensively than did the Clinton
era's dominant Jewish organizations, Israeli policies that can be
naturally subject to criticism.


"It followed from the extensive association with the Israelites
that the settlers viewed themselves as a Chosen People and why,
therefore, they regarded their land as 'God's Country.' This became
especially obvious after independence from England and the writing of
the Constitution. The Founding Fathers were certain that with their
system they have created an example for mankind to follow. The plans
for post-Saddam Iraq reflect this conviction.


"America's development was not free of contradictions.
Washington's political testament advised not to interfere in the
affairs of other continents. This testament, as well as Monroe's
doctrine, was the governing principle of an isolationist orientation
that lasted until Pearl Harbor. At the same time, H. Melville, in a
clear commitment to America's historical mission, wrote this in 1850
'We Americans are God's chosen people, the Israel of modern times.'


"At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries America became an
imperialist power. The expansion associated with T. Roosevelt and
McKinley claimed that Cuba and the Philippines must be liberated from
Spanish rule the cause of their backwardness. This 'war of liberation'
was justified with the ideology of 'Manifest Destiny.' Yet it was also
based on this creed that in the 19th century America gave refuge to
those persecuted for political and religious reasons.


"After her initial neutrality, mainly due to the sea war as the
German Empire waged it, Wilson declared war on her. His war aims were
ideologically summarized in the 14 Points that postulated the right to
self-determination of all peoples. Furthermore, Wilson intended to
make the world 'safe for democracy.' His plan failed. The peace treaty
violated the principle of self-determination and Congress kept the US
out of the Wilson-initiated League of Nations.


"In 1917 the Bolsheviks founded history's most totalitarian
system. In Italy Fascism, in Germany National Socialism took power.
Japanese, Italian and German aggression followed inevitably. WW2 began
when, with Soviet support, Germany attacked Poland.


"From the outset Franklin Roosevelt had opposed the 'aggressive'
Germany, Japan and Italy - he omitted the USSR from the list
regardless of her action against Poland and the Baltic States. He
faced obstacles when he wanted America to enter the war on Britain's
side as the isolationists of Congress and the public limited him to
armament deliveries. Japan's attack of Pearl Harbor aided Roosevelt
and therefore America, already then potentially the greatest power,
could enter the war. Preceding this development Churchill and
Roosevelt proclaimed the Atlantic Charta that (again) promised self-
determination to all peoples. With Churchill's silent consent it was
Roosevelt himself who, in Casablanca, by announcing the doctrine
'unconditional surrender,' shoved the Charter aside.


"Note that Casablanca stood only seemingly in opposition to
American traditions. The US has never pursued a policy of cynical
balance borrowed from the European tradition. Her thinking had been
shaped by the war of extermination against the Indians and the Civil
War that ended with the capitulation of the secessionists. In these
campaigns, the enemy was not another state but the incorporation of
'evil' that had to be annihilated. In the eyes of Hull and Morgenthau,
Hitler represented this 'evil.' The only wrinkle in this thinking had
been that victory was achieved with the succor of another 'evil,' the
USSR. Regarding her Roosevelt practiced 'realpolitik,' that is a
version of the policy of value-free balance-of-power. The price:
decades of Soviet domination of central and eastern Europe.


"The president and the public shared the illusion that Stalin has
given up on world revolution and that he is leading Russia, reflecting
unique local conditions, toward some vague 'New deal.' The brutal
annexation of central and east Europe's states made Truman aware of
the real nature of the Soviet Union. Then, under Eisenhower, the anti-
Soviet public's view fomented by McCarthy and others began to regard
the USSR as the embodiment of 'evil.' Moscow having become a nuclear
power, the announced anti-soviet crusade remained restricted to the
level of theory. This, to our peril, we Hungarians have learned in
1956.


"The election of Ronald Reagan signified, in favor of our country
and its entire region, a decisive turning point. Reagan's government
returned to America's historic mission. Thus, to the consternation of
the Left, he proclaimed the Soviet Union to be the 'Empire of Evil.'
To avoid nuclear war he followed up by announcing the SDI. The same
leftist circles that direct the present's anti-Bush demos were, for
years, able to move hundreds of thousands to march on Europe's and
America's streets in opposition. Not against the USSR that, with her
strategic rockets in Czechoslovakia, endangered global security! Not
at all. They marched against the 'actor,' the 'trigger happy cowboy.'
To the world's good fortune, Gorbachev realized that Russia is unable
to compete with what the press derisively called 'star wars.' Thus,
under the energetic pressure of Bush Sr., he was forced to surrender
central-eastern Europe as a Soviet zone of influence.


"Ideologically Bush Jr. is Reagan's pupil. Since 9/11, his evil is
international terrorism. It is still difficult to determine today to
what extent Saddam had access to WMDs. However, we know that he is a
reckless criminal having murdered about 10,000 of his own people by
using poison gas. Revealingly no one has demonstrated against him.
This is not to insinuate that everything that Bush does must
automatically be correct. I also notice with regret that the
relationship of the White House to the current ('Socialists')
government of our country is better than to the right-of-center that
had lost the elections. Nevertheless, Bush's worldview is closer to
center-right opposition's than to the ruling leftists.


"Meanwhile, let us remember that we can thank the USA, primarily
Reagan and Bush's Sr. for our liberation from Soviet oppression, the
Communist dictatorship and that we became a free and democratic
country. Let it be reiterated he against a reawakened Russian
imperialism we can only rely on America's political commitment and
military power."


Updating threats, today Czettler adds to "Russian imperialism"
something like "Islamist expansionism." Against such pressure, not in
the least due to the strategic negligence of Europe's leaders and her
faint-hearted inhabitants, there is nothing standing between us and
demise than the maligned Americans.

Regardless of the curses and complaints fired at her, America remains
the last resort separating Europe from subjugation. In the manner of
the drunken fool Europe throws mud at her only protector, kowtows to
her would-be conquerors and ignores the contradiction. That a
significant minority in the US concurs and that her public opinion is
more concerned with Britney Spears rehabs than with global threats
targeting her is as regrettable as it is a fact. This condition
becomes understandable given the average person's limited experience
with catastrophes that cannot be pelosied away by the magic of
'immediate withdrawal.'



Excuses along these lines also fit the west of Europe. Enjoying good
weather since 1945 under a for-free umbrella amounts to ineffective
preparation to defend liberty against anything beyond rampaging guinea
pigs. Thinking in such terms it is more difficult to comprehend the
naiveté of some majorities in east-central Europe. Theoretically the
recent practical experience the region had with foreign domination,
should provide for a general awareness of past, present and future
perils and the ways of coping with them. Thinking that the reward for
refusing American protection will lead to a grant of immunity by those
who combat western civilization is strategic imbecility. Jettisoning
the American alliance can only be justified if an alternative to US
protection is found. As things stand the list of candidates that are
willing and able to play this role appears to be short.

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Replace the USA?
From the desk of George Handlery on Mon, 2007-03-26 13:46:
"Keep your hands out of my drawers!"

March 21, 2007
Associated Press

A man dressed in a World War II military uniform attacked two
employees at the Evergreen Aviation Museum this week, police said.
McMinnville Police Capt. Dennis Marks said Gerald Lahey, a transient,
broke into the rear of the building and smashed the glass panel of a
display case. He then removed the coat, hat and pants from a World War
II uniform and put them on.

Lahey was inside when operations director Phillip Jeager, 33, of
McMinnville and cafe manager Cheryl McKay, 62, of Sheridan arrived for
work Monday morning. Marks said Lahey punched Jeager several times and
bit McKay.

Neither employee required hospitalization.

Museum spokeswoman Nicole Wahlberg said Lahey got into one of the
museum's airplanes. He is also accused of pulling a fire alarm and
knocking a television set to the floor. Four windows were boarded up
after the incident. Damage estimates to the museum - home to Howard
Hughes' legendary Spruce Goose and a growing collection of other
aircraft - have not been released.

Lahey was booked into the Yamhill County Jail on charges of assault,
criminal mischief, burglary, robbery and resisting arrest, Marks said.
He was lodged in the jail infirmary due to mental health concerns, and
was arraigned Tuesday.

It was Lahey's second run-in with the law in less than 24 hours.

The afternoon before the museum incident, Lahey got into a car
accident and was reportedly uncooperative with law enforcement at the
scene.

Oregon State Police trooper Mark McDougal said Lahey tried to pass
another driver who was making a turn but Lahey was driving too quickly
and drove into a ditch, rolling his car several times. Officers
determined he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Lahey
was taken to the hospital where he refused medical treatment but did
undergo a mental evaluation, police said.