Actually, I don't give a shit what word you think is appropriate. As if words fucking mattered, when it's the reality of millions of innocents being murdered, tortured, and harrassed out of existence that counts.
Here's an item "Conquering the Drawbacks of Democracy" via Digby, that appeared at the Family Security Matters' website on Aug 3. The original link has since been scrubbed, as has the cached version, but quite a few caught it at the time, including Blacklisted News)
I'm quoting the whole thing, since Digby did it, Blacklisted News did it, and it seems FSM is carefully making sure it appears nowhere––they slipped up in letting us know what a certain segment of the powerful really wishes--and therefore, it cannot be copyrighted material. (Remember William Kristol called for dictatorship a couple of months ago--and he's still employed as a pundit!!!)
At the end, lest you think Philip Atkinson is a lonely looney, there's a listing of the high-powered Board of Directors behind Family Security Matters. Here's what Philip Atkinson called for:
Exclusive: Conquering the Drawbacks of Democracy
Philip Atkinson
Author: Philip Atkinson
Source: The Family Security Foundation, Inc.
Date: August 3, 2007
President George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. He was sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2005 after being chosen by the majority of citizens in America to be president.
Yet in 2007 he is generally despised, with many citizens of Western civilization expressing contempt for his person and his policies, sentiments which now abound on the Internet. This rage at President Bush is an inevitable result of the system of government demanded by the people, which is Democracy.
The inadequacy of Democracy, rule by the majority, is undeniable – for it demands adopting ideas because they are popular, rather than because they are wise. This means that any man chosen to act as an agent of the people is placed in an invidious position: if he commits folly because it is popular, then he will be held responsible for the inevitable result. If he refuses to commit folly, then he will be detested by most citizens because he is frustrating their demands.
When faced with the possible threat that the Iraqis might be amassing terrible weapons that could be used to slay millions of citizens of Western Civilization, President Bush took the only action prudence demanded and the electorate allowed: he conquered Iraq with an army.
This dangerous and expensive act did destroy the Iraqi regime, but left an American army without any clear purpose in a hostile country and subject to attack. If the Army merely returns to its home, then the threat it ended would simply return.
The wisest course would have been for President Bush to use his nuclear weapons to slaughter Iraqis until they complied with his demands, or until they were all dead. Then there would be little risk or expense and no American army would be left exposed. But if he did this, his cowardly electorate would have instantly ended his term of office, if not his freedom or his life.
The simple truth that modern weapons now mean a nation must practice genocide or commit suicide. Israel provides the perfect example. If the Israelis do not raze Iran, the Iranians will fulfill their boast and wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Yet Israel is not popular, and so is denied permission to defend itself. In the same vein, President Bush cannot do what is necessary for the survival of Americans. He cannot use the nation's powerful weapons. All he can do is try and discover a result that will be popular with Americans.
As there appears to be no sensible result of the invasion of Iraq that will be popular with his countrymen other than retreat, President Bush is reviled; he has become another victim of Democracy.
By elevating popular fancy over truth, Democracy is clearly an enemy of not just truth, but duty and justice, which makes it the worst form of government. President Bush must overcome not just the situation in Iraq, but democratic government.
However, President Bush has a valuable historical example that he could choose to follow.
When the ancient Roman general Julius Caesar was struggling to conquer ancient Gaul, he not only had to defeat the Gauls, but he also had to defeat his political enemies in Rome who would destroy him the moment his tenure as consul (president) ended.
Caesar pacified Gaul by mass slaughter; he then used his successful army to crush all political opposition at home and establish himself as permanent ruler of ancient Rome. This brilliant action not only ended the personal threat to Caesar, but ended the civil chaos that was threatening anarchy in ancient Rome – thus marking the start of the ancient Roman Empire that gave peace and prosperity to the known world.
If President Bush copied Julius Caesar by ordering his army to empty Iraq of Arabs and repopulate the country with Americans, he would achieve immediate results: popularity with his military; enrichment of America by converting an Arabian Iraq into an American Iraq (therefore turning it from a liability to an asset); and boost American prestiege while terrifying American enemies.
He could then follow Caesar's example and use his newfound popularity with the military to wield military power to become the first permanent president of America, and end the civil chaos caused by the continually squabbling Congress and the out-of-control Supreme Court.
President Bush can fail in his duty to himself, his country, and his God, by becoming “ex-president” Bush or he can become “President-for-Life” Bush: the conqueror of Iraq, who brings sense to the Congress and sanity to the Supreme Court. Then who would be able to stop Bush from emulating Augustus Caesar and becoming ruler of the world? For only an America united under one ruler has the power to save humanity from the threat of a new Dark Age wrought by terrorists armed with nuclear weapons.
Okay, so proposed genocide against all Iraqis, and installing Bush as President for life might not deserve the word "Nazi" or even "fascism." The real question is "How much of a fucking moron do you have to be to think naming the thing precisely is what matters?"
Now you might argue that removing the article from the web means they don't approve of it. Give me a break. They understood what it would mean if their private thinking were seen in public. Oh, and again, lest you think Philip Atkinson is a lone nut, here's the people he hangs out with...
Family Security Matters Board of Directors:
Barbara Comstock, ...Director of Public Affairs for the United States Justice Department, overseeing all communications for the Attorney General, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Prisons, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the U.S. Marshals Service.
Dr. Monica Crowley, WABC Radio Talk Show Host; former Foreign Policy Assistant to President Richard Nixon...
Susan Davis, ...one of the nation’s premier full-service communications and public affairs firms; named one of the "Top 5 Public Affairs Agencies" in the country.
James T. DeGraffenreid, Pres/COO of The United States Naval Institute; a former President at Phillips Publishing International, a key information supplier to the consumer market and to the Defense, Aviation, Telecommunication and Energy industries; Chairman of the Board, The Center for Security Policy.
Terrence A. Elkes, Principal, Apollo Partners, LLC, acquirer of media, communications, entertainment and broadcast companies; former member of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Office of Viacom International, Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Regents, Center for Security Policy.
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., Founder and President, Center for Security Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to promoting international peace through American strength; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; Chairman of the High Level Group, NATO’s senior politico-military committee; representative for the Secretary of Defense in key U.S.-Soviet negotiations.
Laura Ingraham, Author, Columnist, Political Commentator, Host of Nationally Syndicated Radio Show.
Dale W. Lang, retired media entrepreneur, former Chairman of Lang Communications, Inc., and senior executive at the 3M Corporation; owner and manager of national magazines, local television stations and major outdoor advertising enterprises; has served on the boards of directors of various large public companies and nonprofit organizations.
The Honorable John LeBoutillier, former Member of Congress, Author, Columnist.
Maria Estela Lopez de Rios, Executive Vice President, Orion International Technologies, provider of engineering and scientific support to government agencies in the areas of Test & Evaluation, Advanced Technologies, Engineering & Technical Services, and Information Technologies.
Shirley Lord - Author and Journalist.
Heather MacDonald, John M. Olin Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Contributing Editor, City Journal; former appointee to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s task force, City University of New York.
Abby S. Moffat, Executive Director, The Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation.
Roger W. Robinson, Jr., President and CEO, Conflict Securities Advisory Group; Vice Chairman of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission; former Senior Director of International Economic Affairs at the White House National Security Council under President Reagan.
W. Thomas Smith Jr., author, columnist, and former U.S. Marine infantry leader
Dr. Latanya Sweeney, Director, Laboratory for International Data Privacy, Carnegie Mellon University; Bio-Terrorism Surveillance Project, Department of Defense and Johns Hopkins University
Frank S. Swain, Partner, Baker and Daniels; Trustee and Secretary, Margaret Thatcher Foundation; Director, Research Institute for Small and Emerging Business
Paul E. Vallely, Major General, US Army (ret), Senior Military Analyst, Fox News.
Dr. Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania; formerly Princeton University; professor of strategy and policy at the U.S. Naval War College; adjunct professor of East Asian Studies at Brown University; member of the Council on Foreign Relations; research associate at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University.
Dr. Cheryl Willman, Director and CEO, University of New Mexico, Cancer Research and Treatment Center; Professor, Pathology and Medicine, UNM; Science and Technology Scientific Advisory Board, Sandia National Laboratories; National Board of Medical Examiners; former Board of Directors, National Center for Genome Resources.
Dr. Joan Woodard, Executive Vice President and Deputy Director, Sandia National Laboratories; serves on the Intelligence Science Board and the Congressional Commission to assess the vulnerabilities of U.S. Infrastructure to Electromagnetic Pulse; served on the Defense Policy Board study on Homeland Security; and on the National Academy Study on S&T for Countering Terrorism, resulting in the publication of "Making the Nation Safer."
R. James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence in 1993-95; former Ambassador to the Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), Vienna; Under Secretary of the Navy; and General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services. Appointed by the President as Delegate at Large to the U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and Nuclear and Space Arms Talks (NST); adviser on the U.S. Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I), Helsinki and Vienna. (read more)
My usual diaries get about 15 comments, so I'm not expecting much here, and am going to disappear for a few hours (in the good way.)
I can only point out, when our Democratic leadership "cooperates" with Bushsters giving him political legitimacy, give him some rhetorical victories (using the "War on Terror" phrase, the "surge has worked some, etc), well, I guess I'm not supposed to use the words Vichy or Quisling, either...