Sunday, February 04, 2007

Haunting Similarities

Victor Davis Hanson:

Kerry's criticisms are hauntingly similar to Al Qaeda's own talking points.
'Hauntingly similar', eh? Hmmm...
VDH: "In this regard, would it not be wise for a variety of reasons, and until this war is over, not to let thousands into the United States from the Middle East? They may well end up hating us more, not less; and they may think there is to be no penalty for the extremism of their governments. I'd like to see fast track admission for allies like the Poles, British, or Danes, and no-track for the Pakistanis, Saudis, Syrians, or Egyptians."
George Lincoln Rockwell: "We must have a foreign policy which is based only on the long-term interests of our race, not on the interest of other races or on economic considerations or anything else."

VDH: "If I were to sum up the collective mentality of the current Arab Middle East...it would run something like the following: ....We will damn your culture and politics, but expect our own to immigrate in the thousands to your shores; upon arrival any attempt to integrate Muslim immigrants into Western pluralistic society will be seen as Islamaphobic; Send us your material goods, whether machine tools, I-pods, or antibiotics. We desperately want them, but will neither make the necessary changes in our own statist, authoritarian, religiously intolerant, tribal, and patriarchal culture to allow us to produce them ourselves, nor will show any appreciation for the genius of others who can do what we cannot..."
George Lincoln Rockwell: "We must put an end to both economic freeloading and economic exploitation in America. There must be no place for parasites who draw their sustenance from society without giving anything in return."

VDH: "I was lectured by some that there was nothing such as jihadism in the comprehensive sense. That is, that Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, etc. simply have entirely separate agendas, understandable (i.e., Israel, "occupation" of Arab lands) and particularist grievances, etc. rather than a deeply shared anger at the West that originates from a common sense of lost pride and frustration, brought on by recognition of failure when zeal and religious purity do not restore honor or influence in the age of globalization."
Adolph Hitler: "The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category."

VDH: "At some point this Western cannibalism becomes not so much counterproductive as serving the purposes of those who wish America to call off its struggle against radical Islam."
Adolph Hitler: "Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live."

Title of VDH column: The Power of Will
Title of Nazi propaganda film: Triumph of the Will
Ooh, spooky.


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