I note that Hamas is winning the propaganda war. Nearly every expert recruited for the news shows to opine about Israel’s invasion of Gaza is of Arab origin. All are said to teach at one American university or another. All have published books and attained high academic standing. Their analysis is heavily weighted in favor of the Palestinians. These are the people who teach our children and this is the reasons that we now find kids protesting Israeli aggression in New York, London, Oslo, Jakarta, Sydney and, of course, in every capital throughout the Middle East. As time drags on, these protests are sure to spread and disrupt the functioning of every major economic hub.

Marx envisioned societies in constant upheaval; constant revolution in which the poor rise up against the rich and powerful. Though his devotees have made great inroads in recent years all over the world, they haven’t been able to crack America where the poor are more likely to be overweight while the rich starve themselves. The (SOP protocol) template had to be recast in order to reflect current realities. Marxists now see the world as essentially two worlds: one is the world of nations; the other is America. America represents the one remaining stumbling block toward achieving their Utopian vision. Therefore, the nations of the world have to be mobilized to rise up against America and destroy it (if only to remove evidence of the utter inadequacy of their own considered sacred design).

They’ve contrived the “global warming” hoax, for example, which pits the world against American plenty. They call for open borders which would dilute American sovereignty; universal health care, which would empty the American treasury; the UN, which pits American foreign policy against world policy of not giving a rat’s rear end for Israel’s survival; etc. Each one of these represents a straw dog to be swept out with the refuse once the cleansing has been achieved, but each one nevertheless marks America with the distinction of being the odd man out.

When we talk of “world government”, therefore, we talk of a world apart (from us); a world in which America is always on the defensive. Much of this has seeped into the thinking of America’s own, most notably into the public pronouncements and stated beliefs of academe, the press, and the Democrat Party.

Peter Koelliker:

Right on! Every word you have written above is bang on target. To throw in my two cents worth, I would only add that our left-of-center elites in academia, the MSM, various bureaucracies at home and abroad, etc., have a common interest with the Marxist internationalists you so accurately describe -- namely, impoverishing and enslaving the American middle class, the last prosperous-because-they-are-free and free-because-they-are-prosperous people left on the face of the earth, and therefore the bane of every elitist ideologue, religious fanatic, and fascist power-monger the world over. Hence, the generally favorable reception for Hamas propaganda, among other inanities, no matter how factually absurd.

Anyway, good job, Peter. Have a Happy New Year!

2009 has brought us into a new era, particularly with regard to warfare: the asymmetrical version of same in which the weaker side in any conflict is given a better than even chance. The idea is not new. There was, of course, David and Goliath, the Japanese kamikazes (to some extent), and a whole host of TV and movie dramas (for some reason "Fatal Attraction" comes to mind), all exploiting a similar theme. Never in my lifetime have we seen it played out on such a massive scale as on the battlefields of Gaza.

Whereas previous wars were fought mostly over land (borders), religious identity, or treasure, today's wars are fought over ideology. This makes it infinitely more virulent, for borders, treasure and religious dogma conform to relatively fixed positions, while ideology is fluid and flows wherever the political terrain will accept it (generally down, at the lowest possible elevation).

Hamas is essentially telling the Israelis, “We will kill you. We accept nothing less than your total annihilation. We will throw as many of our living and dead bodies at you and your (admittedly) superior (American) war machine as it takes to bring you to your knees. We are not afraid to die. In fact, we welcome it. We challenge you to die a death of a thousand cuts or to commit genocide. Should you choose the latter, you will stand condemned before the world, and the world will then have no other choice than to exact its revenge.”

This, from slate.com:

Subject: Invitation to Genocide
Re: "Foreigners: Girl Suicide Bombers" (Palestinian)
From: Dea
Date: Wed Apr 3 8:43 a.m. PT

"You can trust no one in our population not to kill you," ... "Unless you get rid of all of us, you will die." This is very dangerous; it's an invitation to genocide. …