Sic Semper Tyrannis

The US as Shiva, Lord of Destruction and Renewal

We are often told (by Barack Obama among others) that our ancestors sought a "more perfect union" in the creation of the United States.  The implication is that they sought a worldly and more or less secular utopia.  They did not.  The contemporary meaning in those words from the constitution of the United States was that the framers sought a more efficient and effective government than that which had existed under the Articles of Confederation.  The framers were solely concerned with the practicalities of government in their new country.  The "more perfect union" phrase is one of a number of goals listed and is clearly not intended as the governing theme of the Constitution.

Having chosen to misunderstand the preamble to the constitution,  and therefore the "purpose" of America, much of our ruling class now profess to believe that it is the purpose of the country to "reform" our society to their taste and to inflict the same norms on the rest of the world.  To that end it is held to be more or less self-evident that ancient motivations for international policy are at an end and that all, all of mankind should re-organize itself to our taste.

In pursuit of that belief the United States in the 21st Century seeks revolutionary change everywhere and to accomplish that has been willing and continues to be willing to pay very high prices in blood and treasure even unto the risk of nuclear war with those with whom we can truly commit mutual suicide.

 

"Tunisia crisis: Tens of thousands join protest" BBC

"The protest in central Tunis was called by the opposition to demand the assembly's dissolution and the resignation of the government, and to mark the six-month anniversary of the assassination of prominent secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid. The powerful Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) called on its 600,000 members to join the rally. "The people want the fall of the regime," the crowds in Bardo Square shouted. The speaker of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), Mustapha Ben Jaafar, said work on a new constitution and electoral law would resume once "dialogue commences". Mr Ben Jaafar, whose Ettakatol party is part of the cabinet, condemned the failure of politicians.  in that perios to resolve the crisis. "  BBC

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Tunisia is a small but significant country.  It was a French protectorate for sixty odd years.  In that period French education and french ways of thinking were firmly established and still permeate the country.  Both Tunisia and Morocco were set free by France with little armed conflict.  Both had been protectorates.  Local government existed and this seems to have made "letting go" easier for the colonial power.  In contrast, Algeria had been a direct possession of France since the 1830s and indeed was considered an integral part of the French Republic with much the same status as Corsica or Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.

Even the Islamists are deeply marked by French culture in Tunisia.  Ghannouchi, the "patron saint" of political Islamism there shows the effect of Cartesian thought.  It actually makes him more dangerous.  He makes plans and executes his plans well and always has.

All political Islamist movements want the same things.  They want to seize and secure absolute power and to retain it permanently and without interruption.  The ultimate goal is always to establish a Sharia law state. All else is tactics.

It was inevitable that the secularized Muslim population of Tunisia would not "go quietly" into the dark night of a Sharia state.  We see the result in the streets of Tunis.  pl

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23597308