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2004-09-29 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2004-09-29 9:23:06 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's difficult for those who have not lived under a totalitarian regime to grasp that the likes of Stalin, Hitler, Saddam, Ceausescu, Castro, Arafat et al are basically gangsters who spout bogus ideology. John Gotti in fatigues (or a kaffiyeh).

Every totalitarian leader uses multiple "security forces" that watch and prey on not only their wretched subjects but also each other.

Every totalitarian leader has his finger in as many economic pies as he can find. Arafat's definitely a billionaire (twice over, acc to British intelligence). Castro's probably a billionaire. The mullahs have to a man socked away millions outside of Iran. Today's Russian thieves patterned their offshore money laundering tricks on the CPSU's example during Brezhnev's era. Not a stretch to say that it's the non-western world's "leaders" who keep the private banks of Lugano and Geneva in business.

Crucial to recognize that their ideology is bunk. The only principle sustaining a Saddam or a Brezhnev or a Castro is power: as Winston learns in 1984, the purpose of torture is torture. The purpose of power is power.

Posted by lex 2004-09-29 10:02:10 AM|| 2004-09-29 10:02:10 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by JINSA TROLL 2004-09-29 10:52:47 AM|| 2004-09-29 10:52:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 JUMP! Get it over with. Head for the big white buzz in the distance.

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-29 1:10:13 PM|| 2004-09-29 1:10:13 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by JINSA 2004-09-29 10:52:47 AM|| 2004-09-29 10:52:47 AM|| Front Page Top

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