By DIANA JOHNSTONE
CounterPunch Newsletter"...Islam is a religion of peace...if you don't stop lying about it, we are going to kill you."I guess that confirms what I wrote in the first place. But lest you don't believe me, I suggest that you remember a few salient facts:

How
would you feel if the people of Mexican ancestry voted to return the
Alamo and the part of Texas surrounding it to Mexico? After all, the
battle for the Alamo ended up in a Mexican victory. Why should we care?
If
you understand that sentiment, then you understand the outrage of the
Serbs regarding Kosovo. Kosovo Polje (field) is the heart of Serbia.
It is a place where a great Serbian hero, Prince Lazar, sacrificed his
life and lost a battle in 1389, which, like the Alamo, resulted in a
great victory. I stopped writing in this blog a year and a half ago for a variety of reasons. But, I have things to say that are not appropriate for the other venues in which I write. So, I have returned.
For purposes of continuity, I will be republishing most of my initial blog entries over the next few days, together with their original timestamps.
The purpose of this blog is neither to entertain, nor persuade, or even inform. Rather, it is simply a record of things that need to be written so that they can be
preserved, and perhaps be of use somewhere, sometime. However, if you happen to be entertained, persuaded or even informed, I will be suitably gratified.
I have chosen to write under nom de plume for good reason; I hope those of you who know me will understand and accept that...
--Cicero
This hateful view of the Serbs was a huge lie propounded by the EU as a weapon to destroy Yugoslavia! Why? Because Yugoslavia was the only state that could have successfully stood outside it in Europe. To accomplish this, the EU supported thugs in Bosnia and Croatia who were as bad or worse than Serbia’s Milosević.
Worst
of all the US participated in the bloody dismembering of Yugoslavia by
contributing the bulk of the NATO troops who fought an aggressive war against
a sovereign nation in violation of NATO’s defense-only charter. The same United States which worries about
fighting Muslims during Ramadan had no compunctions whatsoever about bombing
Orthodox Christians on Easter.
The simple truth is that the US, NATO and the EU intervened on the side of the Muslims in Yugoslavia because they were pandering to the oil-rich Arab states.
Here are some facts that Americans need to know:Let me make one more point about Kosovo. Kosovo Polje (field) is to Serbs what the Alamo is to Texans—the place of a great defeat which led directly to their independent nationhood.
I wonder if Texans would be willing to let a majority of Mexicans voted San Antonio back to Mexico?
The death of Slobodan Milosević was a renewed opportunity to trash the Serbs.Who gains from this misdirected US policy? What strategic interest does the US have?
The Serbs are being offered to the Muslims by the NATO as a sacrifice to keep the oil flowing. One cannot help but wonder who they will sell out next—I certainly hope it is someone more deserving France or Germany…
BUSH LIED!I THOUGHT THAT GEORGE BUSH “GOT IT” when he said that the US would not tolerate terrorism or those states that support terrorism…But HE LIED! (Not about weapons of mass destruction—I believe the Israeli intelligence reports that they were moved to Syria at the very beginning of the war.)
George Bush LIED because he made war on Iraq without any intention of dealing with Iran or Syria, and because of that lie, brave and patriotic American troops are dying in vain for a cause that cannot be won.
George Bush also LIED when he said the war was NOT about Islam. It is! How can anyone hope to create a functioning democracy in a country whose culture is totally shaped by a religion that DENIES ALL FREE WILL?
ISLAM teaches that everything is predestined by God—that there is no human volition. That is very simply why there is not a functioning multi-party Islamic democracy anywhere in the world! The Washington Elite know that, but since it’s not politically correct, they won’t say it; preferring instead to offer US troops as a bloody sacrifice on the altar of political correctness.
The Muslims have been making war on Christians and Jews since 632. Their aggression subjugated all of the Holy Land, Christian North Africa, Spain and Portugal and reached almost to the gates of Paris in a mere 100 years.
BUT IT TOOK 760 YEARS to liberate the Iberian Peninsula! The last Muslim city, Granada, was not liberated until 1492, the year Columbus sailed for the New World.
The Crusades
In the meantime, a little thing called the Crusades occurred.
While they are certainly not a shining chapter in the history of Christendom, they were NOT the orgy of pillaging and atrocities portrayed by modern revisionist historians
The Crusades were a direct response to the
Muslim conquest of the Holy Land and their persecution of Christians!
Christendom was forced to a military response because of Muslim Imperialism,
not because of Christian Expansionism—the entire Middle East was already
Christian; and the Muslims were eradicating Christian Communities wherever they
triumphed.
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I never supported nor
voted for another Republican (much less Democratic) candidate for President
until Ronald Reagan. His words and deeds
form an enduring political gospel that is very different from the beliefs of
the pseudo- conservatives in today’s Republican Party, who wrap themselves in
Ronald Reagan while undermining everything Reagan believed:
George W. Bush and
his Republican Party are far more akin to Richard Nixon than Ronald
Reagan. Like Richard Nixon, George W.
Bush has apparently never seen a government power or program he doesn’t like—at
least as long as he runs the government.
His actions
demonstrate that he and his Republicans believe in:
* Unlimited presidential government
unfettered by the constitution;
* State capitalism in which government promotes
its favorites and regulates or indicts opponents out of existence;
* Using national defense as an excuse for
unlimited power;
* Narrowly defined values invoked to buy
political support at the expense of freedom (and I am Not talking about abortion,
I am pro-life, but the Framers of the Constitution tried to ensure that all
social issues were State and not Federal matters—read the 10th Amendment: if we forgot anything, the Federal Government
can’t do that either.).
George Bush and his
Republicans are called conservative simply because they are to the RIGHT of the
democrats, not because they support conservative principles.
Even Theodore
Roosevelt, who was known for his expansionist views of presidential power
thought it had some limits and said, "To announce that there must be no
criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or
wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
American public."