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Want to stop terrorism? Uphold the American Ideals!!!!
TERRORISTS
ARE US! SYNOPSIS
Centuries of struggle
between the rulers and the ruled in the Eastern world gave rise to the first large scale
Government of the People in the West. It was as rare as sunrise from the West! Alas, the same forces of ignorance, arrogance
and greed that had opposed that noble American Revolution at its inception made a full
comeback. We can only recreate the Government of the People by utilizing our modern
technology along with the knowledge, wisdom and ethics of the founders.
Welcome to the blog of Ali A. Parsa, Ph.D.
All rights reserved. “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in
having few wants.”- Epictetus -Epictetus, 100 AD
“If tyranny and oppression
come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
TERRORISTS ARE US! SYNOPSIS
Centuries of struggle between the rulers and the ruled in the Eastern world gave rise to the first large
scale Government of the People in the West. It was as rare as sunrise from the West! Alas, the same forces of ignorance, arrogance
and greed that had opposed that noble American Revolution at its inception made a full comeback. We can only recreate the
Government of the People by utilizing our modern technology along with the knowledge, wisdom and ethics of the founders.
Welcome to the blog of Ali A. Parsa, Ph.D.
All rights
reserved. ISBN 0-9663361-2-7
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”-
Epictetus -Epictetus, 100 AD
“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting
a foreign enemy.”
-James Madison, U.S. fourth president, 1751-1836
“Remember, democracy never lasts
long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
-John Adams, U.S. second president, 1797-1801
“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One
is by the sword. The other is by debt.”-John Adams, U.S. second president, 1797-1801.
"I sincerely
believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies."–Thomas Jefferson, U.S. seconf
president.
Introduction
As a law-abiding citizen with a unique passion for the American
ideals and my own analysis of the menace of terrorism all I could do was writing about it on a website. Like an increasing
number of Americans I had also decided to fly less and travel on land to get around the demeaning, futile and costly
airport security until I read this message from Ron Paul whom I consider as an honest and credible politician as they come
these days:
“MANDATED naked body scans, not only required by "Homeland Security" for American citizens
to board an airplane, but just to go to a mall, see a sporting event, or travel by bus or train, as well.”
Aside from these, as a scientist with deep interest in humanities I consider that this irrational state of affairs leads
to frustration, anger and guilt. In our Western civilization Epictetus has said that we make ourselves miserable if we fail
to distinguish what is and what is not controllable. In our modern times it is a proven fact that the denial of what is called
the “trinity of mind, body and spirit" could lead to multitudes of sicknesses and inviting a never-ending health
problems.
As voracious readers with a unique insight into the rise and fall of many empires, America's founders
were well aware of the nature's rule of law and how it would punish an individual or a nation that defies them. Yes, we are
in violation of these laws and blaming the foreign enemies rather than ourselves for our demise. We are letting our democracy
fall apart and bury us with our national debt and other abuse and excesses. Whether we recover from this fate depends on when
we wake up, admit this sad reality and change course or go back to square one. When Albert Einstein said, “I do not
know what weapons will be used in WWIII, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones”, he meant just that.
Thus, while we ridicule the suicide bombers in developing countries, we, as a nation have been acting as a giant suicide
bomber and terrorizing ourself in a massive scale. An ancient Ethiopian-another graveyard of empires, is “Those who
hide their wounds will never find a cure!”This setback makes America's founders would spin in their graves.
Had the successive generations of America understood, appreciated and preserved the American Ideals even with their flaws,
this nation would be the undisputed world leader with the deepest and warmest place in the hearts and minds of its people
so that America would not have to save face by resorting to the most futile wars in the name of promoting democracy! In other
words I believe that the only way to change the world for better is cultivation of sense of responsibility in each one of
its people. We have failed to realize the simple principle that only the quality of each building block determines how that
building can withstand the test of time. This urge is imbedded in this ancient Chinese proverb, “If everyone sweeps
their door-step the whole town would be clean” or the African saying that “It takes a village”or George
Orwell's words, “It takes a lot of effort to see what is in front of your nose” or similar pieces of wisdom we
have abandoned.
The so called “War on Terror” and similar futile, never ending quagmires and major
internal problems that are bankrupting America and the world, are the cumulative and cancerous growth of residual colonial
mentality whose roots can be traced to antiquity and whose objective is to rule the world and force their belief on it-that
is counter to the original ideals of American Revolution.
America's net setback has been mainly the brainchild
of America's own extremists who provoke and create such disasters and are not touched by the American Revolution, Bill of
Rights, Constitution and the First Amendment, but pretend otherwise-run-away hypocrisy. They are possessed by AIG-arrogant,
ignorance and greed that is coincidentally the acronym for the infamous AIG! They are opportunists with no conviction other
than making money by any means and could be members of any party. For more on this please google the word greening or greeding
of America! To those who think I am naïve to think that we can eradicate hypocrisy, I say that my concern is that hypocrisy
is increasingly becoming a norm rather than an exceptional attribute.
As a naturalized American citizen I feel
fully confident that if not for the voices of dissent and the constant flow of immigrants with fresh ideas, this Nation of
Immigrants would not have remained as vibrant as it was before its recent nosedive. The reason is that the constant attempts
of America's own extremists is making America a house divided against itself and wrongly antagonizing and blaming the world
for its demise. As Erick Fromm said, “The world is graveyard of empires that did not meet the challenge of their
time.” My main concern is that we are not meeting that challenge.
My purpose is to demonstrate that America's
downfall is the direct result of deterioration of the public education that does not lead to public awareness-the founders'
prerequisite for understanding, appreciation and preservation of the government of the people as opposed to the government
of a few. It is past the time to go back to square one, reevaluate our performance and rediscover the wisdom of saying
“we reap what we sow”. We can only reverse our further downfall by launching what I call a War on Ignorance and
find out that it is our fastest, cheapest and best guarantee of global peace and prosperity and Homeland Security than our
own present brand of War on Terror. It is unbecoming of America to let its destructive power dominate its enormous constructive
potential and deprive us of the dividend of technology for solving not only our own enormous internal problems, but those
of the world that is still looking up to us for real leadership.
Has the abandoning the wisdom of the America's
founders made us a nation with its head in the clouds without having its feet on the ground? Is this a responsible way of
spending the money we do not have or borrow to destroy the voice of dissent in other lands and even kill and maim our own
young soldiers and then spend more money to cure their brand new physical and mental problems while we lack the money
to take care of our deteriorating infrastructure? We will never win this war, but if we ever do, what are we going to export
to these invaded lands? Will it be sound public education, participatory democracy, fiscal responsibility, balanced budget?
As Thomas Jefferson said, “An empire collapses more from within than from without.”We are self-destructing by
not meeting the challenges of our time and by not addressing the roots of our enormous local, national and international crime
that are evolving from conventional to cyber crimes with no end in sight.
I try to relate my writing to people's
common sense that is becoming increasingly uncommon rather than cluttering their minds with numerous links and end up losing
their attention. I trust that my readers are able to go to the search engines, use the key words I use and make this
a simple drill in participatory democracy. After all, how many people need links to the issues that require common sense such
as the sunshine is warm or the earth is not flat?
This blog will review the unfinished journey of America and the
reasons for its demise. behind its failure to be in charge of its own destiny, ironically by no one other than itself. It
will be done in five parts; Roots of Terrorism, Defeat of Terrorism, Return of Terrorism and Over-all Summary. Each
page will also have its own summary.
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