Tuesday, February 15, 2005

The F-Word

It might not be the word you are thinking of.

It’s “fascism.” And it’s coming to a country near you. A former democracy.

Are these the ravings of a left-wing loonie? No, they’re from "The American Conservative."
Read the article - here’s an excerpt:
"And yet the very fact that the f-word can be seriously raised in an American context is evidence enough that we have moved into a new period. The invasion of Iraq has put the possibility of the end to American democracy on the table and has empowered groups on the Right that would acquiesce to and in some cases welcome the suppression of core American freedoms. That would be the titanic irony of course, the mother of them all—that a war initiated under the pretense of spreading democracy would lead to its destruction in one of its very birthplaces. But as historians know, history is full of ironies."

- Bob Woods