Varieties of fascists....

Leftists have lately been mocking Bush for parroting the term "Islamo-fascism".
Of course, MOST Muslims aren't fascists.
But some progressives would like to pretend that NO Muslims (not even Al Qaeda killers) are fascists.


In my queer kafir view, Osama bin Laden certainly is
an Islamo-Fascist.
That is, his fascist politics are based on his fundi misreading of Sunni Islam (mainly reflecting Wahhabism, which dominates religious discourse in Saudi Arabia).

The current Iranian rulers follow a Shia version of Islamo-Fascism.

[ In contrast, Saddam wasn't very Islamic at all;
he was, as a secular dictator,
just a 1930-style military and nationalist fascist. ]

Likewise, there are plenty of "Christian" fundi-fascists,
and "Jewish" fundi-fascists;
notably in the far-right fringes of U.S. and Israeli politics.

Religious fundamentalism seems to be the main ideology for fascist movements in 2006
-- at least among Christians, Jews, amd Muslims
( the three peoples "of the Book").

Back in the 1920s and 30s, fascist movements
( like the KKK )
and regimes ( in Italy, Germany, Spain, etc.)
were usually justified by nationalism, racism, and ethnic pride.
Some fascists even pretended to be leftists ("Nazi" stands for national workers' socialist party;
while Stalin erected his police-state in the name of workers).

I often call Bush and Cheney fascists,
since they are trying to create a dictatorship.
But I don't really know whether they are truly fundis,
or just faking (like Rove).

So when Bush says Osama is a fascist,
it's like
one rapist denouncing another.

Indeed, politically, Republicans NEED Osama
to remain alive and at-large --
to frighten U.S. voters --
at least until
just before
the November 2008 election.....


-- Aunti Tortuga,
proud to be a queer KAFIR,
in San Franhattan
8 September 2006
.......