A Model Of Promoting "American Values"

Tayssir Khaled     Al-Hayat     2004/05/16

In the 1960s, Americans were trying to promote the "American lifestyle" in a way that raises it to the status of the ideology that opposes the Marxist theory and the regimes in the Soviet Union and its satellite countries. In order to prepare the people to accept the "American lifestyle," there was a call to spread the knowledge about the "American values."    

In the 1970s, the promotion of these values became a sacred message with leftist symbols who, today, became the neo-conservatives; such as Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz and others. Those people represented the first generation of neo- cons. The second generation currently holds key positions in the American administration; Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle and Condoleezza Rice.

The "American lifestyle and values" were both elevated to a zenith of ideological importance to face the enemy. With time, the American values were transformed into a sacred message that should be imposed to the whole world as a lifestyle that reflects American supremacy.

The "American values" message and the Nazi theory are very similar. It was from Nietzsche's ideas that the German people took the theory of German supremacy, which stipulates that the world will not get well under German supremacy.

Just like the Nazi movement in Germany was a devilish product that believed in the supremacy and thought about re-conceiving the world according to its own political and ideological vision, the neo-cons' movement in the U.S. is a demonic product that believes in the supremacy theory and seeks to re-conceive the world according to its vision. Regimes in the world should change. Values should also change. Even the American regime should change, for it is not as the neo-cons think, the ideal regime, but it is the lesser evil.

The U.S. is above international law and its soldiers, who carry the banners of defending American values, should be exempt from punishment. Is this something new in the U.S.? Yes. There are many new concepts and positions. However, the supremacy tendency is nothing new. It has existed all throughout American history. However, the neo-cons, especially after the 9/11 attacks, started talking about redrawing the world's map in accordance with the American values' culture.

These talks concern Iraq as well. For the neo-cons, it is a platform to launch the spread of the American values as universal ones. When the on the ground practice in Abu Ghraib points out criminal values, the whole world followed up in the media, the neo-cons hide behind their values and refuse to admit other values the majority of the countries in the world agree on.

The detainees' pictures in Abu Ghraib are not fakes; they are the product of a political and ideological mobilization of a movement that not only looks like Fascism, but also controls the U.S. and the world's decisions and destiny.

<h1>A Model Of Promoting "American Values"</h1><h4>Tayssir Khaled     Al-Hayat     2004/05/16</h4><p><p>In the 1960s, Americans were trying to promote the "American lifestyle" in a way that raises it to the status of the ideology that opposes the Marxist theory and the regimes in the Soviet Union and its satellite countries. In order to prepare the people to accept the "American lifestyle," there was a call to spread the knowledge about the "American values."    </p><p>In the 1970s, the promotion of these values became a sacred message with leftist symbols who, today, became the neo-conservatives; such as Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz and others. Those people represented the first generation of neo- cons. The second generation currently holds key positions in the American administration; Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle and Condoleezza Rice.</p><p>The "American lifestyle and values" were both elevated to a zenith of ideological importance to face the enemy. With time, the American values were transformed into a sacred message that should be imposed to the whole world as a lifestyle that reflects American supremacy.</p><p>The "American values" message and the Nazi theory are very similar. It was from Nietzsche's ideas that the German people took the theory of German supremacy, which stipulates that the world will not get well under German supremacy.</p><p>Just like the Nazi movement in Germany was a devilish product that believed in the supremacy and thought about re-conceiving the world according to its own political and ideological vision, the neo-cons' movement in the U.S. is a demonic product that believes in the supremacy theory and seeks to re-conceive the world according to its vision. Regimes in the world should change. Values should also change. Even the American regime should change, for it is not as the neo-cons think, the ideal regime, but it is the lesser evil.</p><p>The U.S. is above international law and its soldiers, who carry the banners of defending American values, should be exempt from punishment. Is this something new in the U.S.? Yes. There are many new concepts and positions. However, the supremacy tendency is nothing new. It has existed all throughout American history. However, the neo-cons, especially after the 9/11 attacks, started talking about redrawing the world's map in accordance with the American values' culture.</p><p>These talks concern Iraq as well. For the neo-cons, it is a platform to launch the spread of the American values as universal ones. When the on the ground practice in Abu Ghraib points out criminal values, the whole world followed up in the media, the neo-cons hide behind their values and refuse to admit other values the majority of the countries in the world agree on.</p><p>The detainees' pictures in Abu Ghraib are not fakes; they are the product of a political and ideological mobilization of a movement that not only looks like Fascism, but also controls the U.S. and the world's decisions and destiny.</p></p>