Posted on 10/03/2001 5:20:26 AM PDT by Chuckmorse
The two radical faiths have a lot in common.
Actually, the difference between the two, when considered, seems a lot more cosmetic than substantive.
While the headgear may be different the philosophy certainly appears to be similar.
Both, for example, are consumed with an unbending hatred for the American way of life.
Both have considered America to be the main stumbling block in their respective roads toward utopia.
To the Islamic terrorist, America is the “great Satan” standing in the way of “Dar el-Islam” or a world conquered by Islam.
To the Communist, America is Bourgeois Capitalism, which stands in the way of “progressive” Socialism as they march toward a glorious new world order controlled by “the people.”
The Communists came to power in Russia, 1917, after a Bolshevik coup led by V.I.Lenin.
Radical Islam achieved power in Iran, 1979, after a clerical coup led by the Ayatollah Khomeni.
Both imposed an unprecedented degree of authority over the lives of their benighted citizens.
The Ayatollah claimed his authority was derived from Allah; Lenin derived his from scientific socialism.
Both declared war on a world they believed to be in sin and in need of reform.
Both made good on their respective declarations of war by establishing international networks of terrorists, subversives and revolutionaries who were willing to disrupt and overthrow governments and societies.
The symbol of communism is the color red, which, stands for the human blood that would be inevitably shed to bring about, they believe, the birth pangs of the progressive new man.
They view this as “cracking a few eggs to make an omelet.”
The Communists, fulfilling their creed, killed over 100 million human beings in the twentieth century according to the newly translated “Black Book of Communism.”
Unlike much of the rest of the world, America would be spared most of the ravages of Communist butchery.
This was probably because the Communists, without firing a shot, were able to make such amazing inroads into the highest echelons of our government, industry, labor, foundations, academia, and culture.
With such a cadre of useful idiots, wielding such power and wealth, America would, as Lenin theorized, “hang itself by it’s own rope.”
Not so with Islamic extremism.
Radical Islam would have no Alger Hisses, Harry Dexter Whites, Pete Seegers, Angela Davis’s or Jane Fonda’s.
Radical Islam would fail to develop swarms of College students calling for a Taliban government in Washington or World Peace under the rule of Mullahs.
Nor would it turn out reams of intellectual pap or be rhapsodized in popular song.
No, the Islamic extremists would have to show their true nature by killing more Americans in a couple of hours, on Sept. 11, than either their Communist or Nazi bedfellows would have ever dared.
The communists believe that America will crumble over time.
They plot to bring this about quietly as they worm their way into positions of responsibility, work their comrades and camp followers up the ratline, and incrementally suck the independent patriotic spirit out of their loyal and trusting fellow citizens.
Their tactics include such methods as setting race against race, rich against poor, and men against women.
They plant seeds of hatred and reap the harvest of the resulting unrest and confusion by tightening the screws on freedom and eroding individual rights, the family and belief in God.
The communists misread us and our commitment to liberty and property.
In fact, the communists misread human nature and it’s strivings to be free.
That is why, even though they may have already killed 100 million, they will inevitably fail.
The Islamic extremist is the new “communist” of this century.
With the same sense of righteousness and absolute faith they kill anyone who stands in the way of their idea of progress.
Like the communist, they view anything that helps their cause, including killing, to be virtuous.
They believe that the world will repose in peace under the true faith, Islam, and that those that don’t accept this “peace” live in the Dar es Harb, or the perpetual world of war.
Likewise, when the communists speak of peace they mean world socialism.
Those who opposed this “peace” live in the world of struggle.
Like the communists, radical Islam misreads this country, our spirit, and our love of liberty.
While they may score a couple of victories, based on their own twisted definition of the term, they will also inevitably fail.
Chuck Morse www.chuckmorse.com
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