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: Bravo to Mr. Gottfried!
From: Humberto Fontova, hfontova@cmq.com
Bravo to Mr Gottfried! Superb analysis! Nails it. I
thought only reactionary, Papist foreigners like
myself noticed the "tendency of American elites
to condemn their civilization and heritage while
exuding individual moral arrogance."
James Burnham based his Suicide
Of The West on it, but without ever getting to the
root of the problem.
My compatriots (Cuban-Americans) are always at wits
end trying to comprehend this apparent masochism or
suicidal tendency of North Americans, especially in
regard to Castro. The more he insults them, the more
they grovel.
"They're either Communists or Fools!" was
how my parent's generation explained the actions of
the U.S. government over the years. Their
Mediterranean minds locked up while trying to
make any sense out of this suicidal lunacy. "Why
don't they take Fidel out!...What excuse do they
need!!"
My distant Spanish relatives though much the same
about Churchill and FDR's WWII strategy. "They're
idiots!..Why are they aiding the heirs of
Genghis Khan!..Why are they toasting Mongol
savages raising the hammer and sickle over the
capitals of middle Europe?!...They'll be sorry!"
Gottfried explains it perfectly. A typical
Cuban-American (I use the hyphen because I was born in
Cuba. My children don't merit it) I yield to no one in
my rabid, wild-eyed, spittle-spewing anti-communism.
But it was clear to me that a "Communist
plot" wasn't why the Reds advanced so
spectacularly in the middle of the last century. True,
FDR's regime was riddled with Reds. But their damage
was minimal compared to the effects of the ethos
Gottfried describes.
I've passed the article along. Though, in
truth, it probably wont change many minds. We
might speak English, but still think in Spanish.
Humberto Fontova is the author of the forthcoming
The
Helldiver's Rodeo and writes regularly for lewrockwell.com.
February 05, 2001
