Posted on 02/14/2006 8:38:23 PM PST by presidio9
The scandal with the publication of Prophet Muhammad caricatures in European newspapers has outlined a few rather interesting details. First of all, the world has become open as the West wanted it to be. Secondly, the multi-cultural aspect of Europe has become more than just obvious. The scandal with the cartoons is a very important lesson that Russia needs to learn.
Western politicians have been urging the whole world to become more open. According to the Western point of view, globalization is an inevitable and positive process. It therefore means that the so-called global openness should replace national sovereignty.
The idea of the globalized world has returned to the West as a serious blow. Production centers were moved to remote parts of the world long ago. The Western economy has lost its erstwhile power of competition. More importantly, the world’s biggest oil reserves are located outside the zone of the “gold billion.” To crown it all, the Western civilization has been declining steadily against the background of the propaganda of consumption and personal extra-comfort that have become norms in the Western lifestyle. Having children has become something like atavism in the West which causes too much discomfort and trouble to people's professional careers and personal development. Unlike the “highly developed Western civilization,” Asia , Africa and Latin America suffer from the overpopulation crisis. Western nations gradually lose their cultural identities giving way to undemanding enduring and charismatic nations which in their turn continue their invasion in the West by its own permission.
Indeed, the West has been successfully using the phenomenon of globalization for many years pursuing its selfish needs and minimizing negative consequences. Western countries interfere in other countries’ sovereign affairs, conquer foreign markets, control cash flows, attract cheaper labour force, etc. One has to acknowledge that the Western world has accomplished a lot at this point. On the other hand, every action has a reaction. The world, which the West has been ruthlessly transforming for years, has started to transform the West in return.
American and European politicians promote democracy as the ultimate social structure that should reign in the whole world. They should probably enjoy the victory of Hamas at the democratic elections in Palestine . The West thinks that it has a right to observe and control the fulfillment of democracy all over the world and endorse Western standards in other countries’ cultures. In return, the West has to witness global riots caused with a publication of several drawings in a provincial European newspaper. If the US or the EU administration believes that it is entitled to run a military action against a sovereign state, it means that many Americans may fall victims of a terrorist attack at any moment.
The Western standards have made the world look a fright. Social and political technologies may eventually play a malicious joke with the West. Many respectable politicians acknowledge nowadays that massive immigration may destroy the Western civilization in the end. Immigrants continue to conquer the world promoting their own needs and values. They play a serious role in Europe's political life already. It brings up the idea that they will become a powerful election force in both the USA and Europe in 10 or 15 years.
As a rule, immigrants preserve their national identity, which gives them a reason to defend their rights and needs. They express their protests when a European government bans the wearing of hijab headscarves in European schools. They put Paris in chaos burning thousands of cars and smashing windows. They demand respect for their traditions when European newspapers publish the controversial cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. They do not seem to care about the multicultural paradise on the globe which the West propagandizes so violently.
Immigration has become a serious problem for the USA too. Non-white Americans have become much more socially and politically active than they used to be in the past. There are US experts who think that immigrants and their growing families will eventually create one of the most serious problems for the USA ’s internal security in the 21st century.
It gives up the idea that there will not be a notion of the “Western world” in the future. Those nations which turn down their authenticity to the benefit of the myth about the globalized world will inevitably lose their viability under the pressure of alien aggressive cultures. The nations, which created the Western civilization decades ago and defended its standards and values throughout many bloody wars, do not feel at home in their own lands nowadays. They may continue to fight for homosexuals' rights and explore the nature of women’s orgasm, but they may also defend a right for lethal injections.
The Russian government must pay as much attention as possible to all of the above-mentioned problems. The Russian authorities need to develop a thought-out national policy and identify strategic national goals. Russia already suffers from regional separatism, the ongoing war in Chechnya, the growing extremist sentiments, etc.
American and European officials have perfectly exercised the groundbreaking power of propaganda and PR technologies. Their impact has overthrown empires, tyrants and even international associations. The West has managed to turn whole nations inside out without using missiles and bombs. The uncontrollable distribution of Islamic extremism in the world – the number one concern for the globe – and the growing popularity of such sentiments that leads to the establishment of terrorist networks originally spring from well-known Western political technologies. It is an open secret that the USA launchws several of such projects to struggle with the USSR during the Cold War era.
One may only hope that the global protest against the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons is just a single occurrence, or a result of a provocation that will never repeat again in the future and will not take the shape of a global anti-Western movement. It is obvious though that the world is changing right before our very eyes. If events like this continue to occur, the West may fall into a snake pit that it has dug out itself.
Don't forget the War With Liberal Traitors!
No, I know the movie ( T.V. show ) that the other poster is talking about and there was a part of it, that includes a clip of "WAR OF THE WORLDS", which was a movie version of H.G. Wells' anti-war novel.
I know that of which you speak...
And yes, people have used Nostradamus' writings to claim that he predicted everything they can think of. They whole thing should be seen as pure ENTERTAINMENT; nothing more.
At least the Soviets and Chicoms don't believe in suicidal bombings for virgins.
Why would he need to do that? The Chicoms and Soviets already have a stranglehold over that part of the world. They will work together, however, they will sacrifice the Islamic world (and maby N. Korea) to get their ends.
To quote Daffy Duck, "Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin."
For this 26 year old, I'm scared to wits about the decline of society, and I am fully armed and prepared to live a life of material nothingness to sustain my own life and that of my family.
I'm intrigued by your use of the phrase "seven heads" as seven has specific esoteric meaning, especially given that you've applied it to 'heads'. Am I reading too much into your phrase?
They were equally uninformed even before TV. How many are ready for a massive overnight change in the world?
heh.. I probably picked it up subliminally... no, it wasn't intentional.
Watcha, doin tomorrow, say....10ish??
"...there's more than ONE war going on.....the War Against Terror, and the War Against Logic with America."
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I've got a gut feeling we could win the first but the second is over and we lost it, big time.
While fully aware that Pravda is the propaganda arm of the Russian Government, the author made some points me thinks, that is worth to ponder upon. Let's see...
The author states that the Western civilizations us included, using all kinds of methods "imposed" more or less the Western style of democracy from political stand point to the economical one.
Also the author said that the Western policies over the years all over the Globe will come back and haunt us.
Best case scenario...So called Palestine issue; we strong armed Israel to cede Gaza and other territories, to bring democracy and stability to the region. What we have got is a Democratic election of who?...Hamas, the number one terrorist group on the State Department list.
We were miffed and stunned of the outcome. How could that happened?
Remember Haiti?...it is still a mess nobody can understand.Let's hop over to Europe...
The Europeans in their desire to please every loud mouthed group with an agenda, have bent backwards and passed a plethora of asinine laws just to please everybody and be politically correct in the offending department.
Lo and behold they have been clobbered by the same group of people they tried extra hard to please and they are also stunned and miffed!What went wrong?
Me thinks that not every nation on the face of the Earth is ready and capable for a true democratic process not to mention full freedom of the common man, like we enjoy here in the good ol' USofA.
Total freedom and full democratic political process comes at a price; not every nation on Earth can handle it!...when imposed it can wreak havoc in a society not ready for the big step.
The Arab dominated world, is still ruled by religious believes and tribe chiefs/rulers; it has been like that for centuries. The West riding on a white horse saying to them..."now you are free of "oppressors" and do as we do. It will never happened; they are way to deep entrenched in their century's old customs to change overnight.
So, why I am not surprised that Russia, France, Spain and Venezuela invited Hamas at the dinner table to talk. They were dully, democratically and openly elected(as we wished) to be the leaders of Palestine.
The Russians are not stupid, just different in the way they are looking and analyzing current events.Maybe at times we should pause for a second or two and look at things thru a Russian mind.
Yes. It is worse off.
During all those times you mentioned, America was mostly Christian, and believed in Western Culture.
You didn't notice, I see, that the author completely ignores such facts as Russia's birth rates ( which are far lower than America's !), as well as lumping America in with a disparity group of other nations, all just called "THE WEST"; not to mention Russia's severe problems, problems of their own making.
No matter WHAT we did with the "PALESTINE ISSUE", somebody would be screaming blue murder about how DREADFUL it is. This IS a read herring, BTW.
Do you knows ANY factual American history, for the last 100 years or so, at all?
America has been in Haiti and trying to "fix" Haiti for more years than you and I have been alive, combined.
Oh yeah...riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, absolutely, of course, America should follow Russia's lead and mind set and be more COMMUNISTIC!
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
As you noted, I never raised the birthrate issue between USA and Russia. It is a moot point!
Also you had mentioned that the Palestinian issue is a red Herring; why is that?
Of course the Russians have their own problems, so do we, so what's the beef?
You see that sticker "The Russians are coming" does not apply anymore. You seem to be fixated at that 60's mantra and I hope your tin foil hat is in good condition.
Other that that, I wish you happy camping!
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