Pattern of Megalomania 

by Schuyler Ebbets

The Republicans were the first to use the term "coup d'etat" to describe 
the events surrounding the 2000 election. As each day passed  without 
a clearly defined presidential leader fear and apprehension increased. 
Many believed that the absence of tanks in the streets proved that 
American democracy was still in tact. A flawed reasoning based on the 
assumption that a "coup d'etat" is always defined as the violent 
overthrow of a legitimate government, accompanied by arrests, executions, 
and torture. In reality a violent government takeover is more 
characteristic of a "putsch," and coups are usually covert in
nature.        

The events surrounding the November 7th, 2000 election were ominously 
similar to the CIA rigging of legitimate elections in Nicaragua, 
Venezuela, El Salvador, and democracies around the world. In a 
government manual entitled "Coup d' Etat" by Edward Luttwak, a 
Washington think-tank insider with close ties to US intelligence, he 
says; "The power will come from the state itself. A coup consists of 
the infiltration of a small but critical segment of the state apparatus, 
which is then used to displace the government from its control of the 
remainder."  

The hand full of men who seized power in the United States used the 
Supreme Court, - a small but critical segment of the state apparatus,
- to facilitate their immediate takeover. The day after the September 11th, 
2001 hijackings the Neocons established a shadow government absent 
of both legislative and judicial branches. On October 26th, 2001 
President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act into law, abrogating 
Constitutional rights and the Bill of Rights, and facilitating the 
declaration of Martial Law. On November 5th, 2002 Bush signed The 
Homeland Security act, consolidating the duties of 22 federal agencies 
into one cabinet level Department of Homeland Security and 
strengthening Public Law 101-647. Signed by his father in November 
1990, Law 101-647 allows Bush to declare a national emergency for 
almost any reason, an earthquake, a terrorist attack, or even an 
economic crisis. In the event of a Bush declared emergency, the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA, is empowered to 
implement the horrific Executive Orders 10995 through 11005. As acting 
president of the United States during the declaration of a national 
emergency and Martial Law Bush can also issue Executive Orders, 
granting him far reaching powers to unilaterally create law without 
congressional oversight and approval.  

We euphemistically refer to this little gang, which now threatens the 
world with their violent vision of the future, as the 'Neocons', the 
"radical right," and some have called them "fascists".
Although Cheney 
appears before the American people as the Vice president, he is truly the 
leader of the Neocons. Should this gang decide to declare martial law and 
implement the dictatorial shadow government, Cheney will be first in 
command and Bush will be his subordinate, according to a plan which 
is not based on the principles of presidential succession as defined by 
the US Constitution. The regime's mastermind behind invasions and 
military takeovers is the controversial Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul 
Wolfowitz. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld serves as his media 
front man and helper. Some of the lesser gang members include 
Douglas Feith, number three at the Pentagon, I. Lewis Libby, a 
Wolfowitz clone assigned to the State Department, and Cheney's chief 
of staff, John R Bolton, a right-wing radical also assigned to the State 
Department to monitor Colin Powell.  

This is not the first time that a great democracy has been infiltrated and 
forced to serve the interests of a few. There exists a chilling pattern of 
events surrounding the Bush regime's rise to power and the emergence 
of Napoleon and Hitler. Among the most glaring of similarities between 
the infamous three is the manner by which they achieved their status as 
heads of state, none having been democratically elected by a clear 
majority of voters, but instead coming to power through the compromise 
of electoral processes, or by coup d'etat. President Louis Bonaparte 
(Napoleon's nephew) abolished the Legislative Assembly and appointed 
Napoleon Bonaparte as first consul of France on November 9th, 1799. 
Not long after Napoleon took office an assassination attempt was 
carried out against him on Christmas Eve of 1800. Napoleon used the 
atmosphere of fear and confusion surrounding the failed attack to 
suppress the Directorial Constitution and set up rule by a consul of 
three in which he was the head. With the establishment of his new 
triumvirate, Napoleon used his self-ordained dictatorial powers to 
appoint hand picked Judges and administrators and reorganized the 
judicial and financial branches of government. He instituted radical new 
internal reforms placing all aspects of the administration directly under 
national control, establishing an efficient centralized government that 
was effective at mobilizing the country's military and economic forces 
against enemies. In May 1804, the coup d'etat was complete when 
Napoleon had himself crowned Napoleon I, Emperor of France.           

Persuaded by ex-Chancellor and political opportunist Franz van Papen 
and the extremists within the Nazi party, President von Hindenberg 
reluctantly appointed Hitler as Reich Chancellor on January 30th, 1933. 
Soon after Hitler took office a terrorist attack was carried out against 
the Reichstag, Germany's capitol building in Berlin. Hitler used the 
atmosphere of fear and confusion surrounding the attack to push 
through the 'Enabling Act', a law that legitimized the policies of his 
regime, authorizing far-reaching restrictions of civil liberties and 
constitutional rights. Hitler stated; "An evil exists that threatens 
every man, woman, and child of this great nation. We must take steps 
to insure our domestic security and protect our homeland." With support 
from the nationalists and by using propaganda, terror, and intimidation, 
Hitler was able to secure his hold on power in the last "democratic" 
elections held in Germany on March 5th, 1933. The patriotic ideals of 
"Legal Revolution" and "National Awakening" had helped
neutralize any 
potential opposition and disguised the 'Nazis' behind a facade of 
traditional values. With his victory in the election Hitler passed more 
enabling laws, effectively eliminating parliamentary procedures, 
transferring legislative powers to himself and his Cabinet. On August 
2nd, 1934, with the death of von Hidenburg the coup d'etat was 
complete, army leaders and van Papen agreed to the merging of the 
Chancellorship with the Presidency. Hitler became Reich Fuhrer and 
supreme commander of the Reich's armed forces with a new expanded 
authority to wage war.             

Prosecuted by ex-Bush Sr. advisor and political opportunist Carl Rove 
and the extremists within the Republican Party, Bush was appointed 
President on December 12th, 2000 by five Republican Supreme Court 
judges. Soon after Bush assumed office a terrorist attack was carried 
out against the World Trade Centre in New York. Bush used the 
atmosphere of fear and confusion resulting from the attack to pass the 
"Patriot Act", a law that legitimized the policies of his regime and 
authorized the abridgement of civil liberties and constitutional rights. 
Bush stated, "I propose sweeping changes that will strengthen our 
homeland against the ongoing threat of terrorist attacks." With the 
support of "conservatives" and by using media propaganda, the terror 
war, and political intimidation, Bush was able to secure his hold on 
power in the last "democratic" midterm elections held in America on 
November 5th, 2002. The seductive notions of "Patriotism" and 
"nationalism" had helped neutralize any potential opposition and 
disguise the Neocons behind a facade of traditional values. With his 
victorie in the election, Bush introduced the Department of Homeland 
Security establishing a new centralized military command, effectively 
eliminating congressional approval, transferring legislative powers to 
himself and his Cabinet. On September 2002, with the passage of the 
Homeland Security act, the coup d'etat was complete, Bush was newly 
established as Head of State and Supreme Commander of America's 
Armed Forces with an expanded agenda for war. Although Napoleon 
Bonaparte had no personal involvement in the actual terrorist act, which 
set into motion his quest for world domination, he escalated tensions 
intentionally and used the event to militarize France. Royalist plotters 
had attempted to position a horse and wagon carrying a large 
gunpowder and shrapnel filled barrel along the Rue Saint-Nicaise, so 
that it would explode as Bonaparte's carriage neared. The timing of the 
fuse was off and the bomb detonating too late resulting in 52 unintended 
victims. Bonaparte selected the innocent French ?migr? son of Louis 
Henri Joseph de Cond?, unjustly accusing him of participating in the 
conspiracy of Georges Cadoudal to assassinate him. Napoleon ordered 
that young duke de Cond? be kidnapped from his residence in 
Ettenheim, Baden, court-martialed and shot at Vincennes all in a matter 
of hours avoiding the intercession of a civil court trial. The callousness 
of this act had the predictable and desired effect of enraging Europe's 
monarchies and turning them against Napoleon. Using the pretext that 
France was under danger of attack by surrounding countries, Bonaparte 
amassed a huge army - the first 200,000-man Grand Army, and thus 
began his march across Europe preemptively striking his perceived 
enemies.  

Hitler's method of consolidation and militarization of power was similar 
to NapoleonA', however Hitler was complicit in the actual terrorist act, 
which set into motion the desired chain of events. On February 27th, 
1933, while having a beer in a pub in Berlin, Marinus van der Lubbe, a 
Dutch Communist and petty criminal bragged that he wanted to set the 
Reichstag on fire. A Nazi SA, informer overheard van der Lubbe's 
drunken ravings and immediately reported them to Hitler. This was 
precisely the opportunity that Hitler had been searching for. Later that 
evening one of his SA detachments entered the Reichstag, possibly 
through a large central heating tunnel, and planted gasoline incendiaries 
burning down the building. Hitler immediately seized the opportunity to 
stage a media event the next day among the smoldering ashes. He 
proclaimed that Van der Lubbe, a Communist, had destroyed the 
Reichstag and the fire had been part of a conspiracy. Using a 
manufactured fear of communism as an excuse, Hitler abandoned the 
Versailles Treaty and began to build up the German army. In November 
1937, Hitler outlined his plans of world conquest at a secret meeting of 
his military leaders. Bush was briefed on the danger of a terrorist attack 
involving the hijacking of US airliners over a month before September 
11th, 2001 and it seems he took no action to forestall the horrific event. 
The White House certainly received numerous warnings from many 
foreign intelligence agencies concerning a possible attack. As early as 
June 2001 the National Security Agency's Echelon electronic spy 
network notified Washington that Middle Eastern terrorists were 
planning on hijacking commercial aircraft to be used as weapons 
against important American buildings. A July 10th, 2001 memo to FBI 
headquarters from a Phoenix FBI agent warned of Arabs attending U.S. 
flight schools and urged an investigation but his recommendation was 
ignored. The CIA warned the Bush administration on August 6th, 2001 
that Al Qaeda planned to hijack US planes and yet they took no action. 
The Bush administration disregarded information from Russian, 
Jordanian, Israeli, Moroccan, and Egyptian, intelligence agencies all in 
August, all warning of an impending terrorist attack. Then inexplicably, 
the White House allowed government counter terrorism agencies to 
"stand down" from the highest level of alert also on August 6th, 2001 
despite repeated warnings from CIA director George Tenet. Word of the 
tragedy first came to President Bush in the hallway of a school in 
Sarasota, Florida at 8:46 a.m., only one minute after American Airlines 
Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts, crashed into the north tower of 
the World Trade Center. Bush was then escorted to an empty room 
where he spoke briefly by phone with National Security Advisor 
Condoleezza Rice. After his conversation Bush proceeded to visit with 
the children. At 9:04 a.m., while Bush listened to second-graders 
reading, staff chief Andrew H. Card Jr. whispered in his ear that a 
second plane had struck the south tower of the World Trade Center. 
With a third plane off course and headed for Washington D.C., Bush 
continued to visit with the second-graders, smiling, he commented, 
"These are great readers, very impressive, thank you for showing me 
your reading skills. I bet they practiced". Strangely, Bush waited until 10 
a.m., when he was aboard Air Force One, to call Cheney and place the 
American military on high alert status, however by 9:43 a.m., American 
Airlines Flight 77 had already crashed into the Pentagon.  

After constant patriotic media propaganda Bush's popularity rose in the 
"polls" and his threats of war and revenge against America's enemies 
real and manufactured seemed to gain acceptance. The White House 
seized upon the fear and confusion surrounding the September 11th, 
2001 tragedy to radically redirect America's foreign policy, releasing 
their National Security Strategy document on Sept. 20th, 2002, and 
instituting the largest government reorganization since the Department 
of Defense was created by the Truman Administration. Centered on a 
new Department of Homeland Security, the National Security Strategy 
consists of the fundamental reorganization of the FBI, with new 
directives for the CIA, Justice Department, and Pentagon. It 
encompasses every level of government and includes an Increase of 
active duty military personnel from 1.4 million to 1.6 million. Coming a 
year after the attacks of Sept. 11th, 2001, the National Security 
Strategy is the coalescence of the principles underlying the Neocons 
approach to foreign policy based on world domination achieved through 
preemptive war.                         

A secret strategy for US global domination released in September 2000 
by the neo-conservative think-tank Project for the New American 
Century (PNAC), verifies that Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul 
Wolfowitz, and I. Lewis Libby had been planning a premeditated attack 
on Iraq long before seizing power in January 2001. The plan entitled 
"Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces And Resources For 
A New Century" was originally conceived in 1992 during the waning days 
of the first Bush Administration by then Defense Secretary Dick Cheney 
and Pentagon analysts Paul Wolfowitz, and I. Lewis Libby. It was later 
refined with the help of PNAC's founding members, among whom were 
Jeb Bush (brother of George Jr. and governor of Florida); and 
Condoleezza Rice.  

In October 2001 the Neocons began their war march across the Middle 
East, attacking impoverished Afghanistan with the indiscriminate high- 
altitude bombing of heavily populated areas. In an attempt to 
exterminate the Taliban over 3400 innocent men women and children 
were killed. Less than a year and a half after America's declared victory, 
warlords terrorize the population and religious fundamentalism is on the 
rise. If nothing else the war in Afghanistan, which more resembled a 
brutal attack, served to christen in blood the new National Security 
Strategy principles. On the morning of March 20th, 2003 the Neocons 
attacked Iraq, launching cruise missiles and dropping bombs, putting 
into practice the "right of self defense by acting preemptively." What 
will be the end result of the neocon's "never ending war" on
terror and what 
will be their undoing? How might their desperate and dangerous gamble 
at world domination end? We have but to examine the examples of 
Napoleon and Hitler to find possible answers to these questions. 
Napoleon began his march across Europe in 1805 preemptively 
attacking and defeating the armies of Britain, Russia, Prussia, Austria, 
and Spain. On June 23rd, 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia a second time 
with a force of 650,000 men, intent on punishing tsar Alexander I. 
Napoleon was Confident of an easy victory before summers end, but 
instead found himself and his army trapped in Russia in their summer 
uniforms and short of rations as the first winter snowflakes began to fall. 
Only he and 10, 000 of his 650,000 compatriots lived to see their 
beloved France again. Napoleon had suffered his greatest losses in 
Russia and it would prove ultimately to be his undoing. Britain, Austria, 
Prussia, and Russia seized upon the opportunity to finish Napoleon and 
end his megalomaniacal dreams. Their coalition force crushed his army 
in the "Battle of Nations" in 1813 near Leipzig, and drove him back to 
Paris. Before Napoleon could again gather an army, Tsar Alexander, 
and King Frederick William III of Prussia marched into Paris on March 
31st, 1814 and forced Napoleon to abdicate, exiling him to the scenic 
little island of Elba off the coast of Italy. Napoleon easily escaped the 
island and formed another army, which was quickly destroyed in the 
battle of Waterloo on June 18th, 1815 by the coalition forces under the 
command of Wellington. Napoleon was then exiled to the remote St. 
Helena Island, a cold rainy rock in the South Atlantic where he died in 
1821 powerless and forgotten. His endless war to rule the world had 
lasted nearly ten years, cost millions of lives and in the end, left France 
an economically devastated shadow of it's former greatness.  

In 1935 Hitler abandoned the Versailles Treaty and conscripted five 
times the permitted number of men into the German army. In March 
1936 he occupied the demilitarized Rhineland without opposition. In 
1939 He annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia and invaded Poland. In 
1940 he occupied Denmark, Norway, and France, and on June 22nd, 
1941 he invaded Russia with 7.2 million men. Confident of victory before 
summers end, Hitler chose not to provide his soldiers with winter 
uniforms and equipment. By August the Reich had advanced to within 
three miles of Moscow only to be halted by 43 below zero cold and a 
massive Russian counter attack of 6.2 million men. The summer blitz 
had turned into a muddy bloody freezing rout costing the Reich 1.4 
million soldiers. By 1943 Russia had recaptured the majority of her lost 
territory. On June 22, 1944, the third anniversary of the German 
invasion, Russian command sent 2.5 million fresh troops armed with 
new tanks, artillery and airpower against German positions in 
Byelorussia annihilating 28 German divisions and capturing 350,000 
soldiers. In the months that followed German High Command would 
admit to 3,500,000 men killed or missing in Russia. By February 1945 
the Russian line had advanced to within fifty miles of the Furerbunker in 
Berlin. Hitler decided if he did not survive Germany too should be 
destroyed. On March 19th, 1945 he ordered the demolition of what 
remained of German industry, communications, and rail systems. On 
April 30th, 1945 Hitler committed suicide by shooting himself in the 
mouth. His attempt to defeat Russia and dominate the world had lasted 
nearly 8 years and killed 56 million human beings. Allied bombing had 
flattened every major city in Germany leaving the country physically and 
economically devastated for many years.  

The buck always stops in Russia for every "would be" world dictator. 
President Bush and his regime must conquer the Slavic people as 
Emperor Napoleon and Reich Furor Hitler attempted to do. Without 
control of Russia the New World Order is only the New Half a World 
Order. Russia, which has been labeled by the American media as a 
"collapsed country", possesses the largest concentration of wealth and 
natural resources on the planet: 13% of the world's oil reserves, 32% of 
the world's natural gas, the largest coal reserves at 30%, and the 
world's largest iron ore output at 101,400Mt per year. Russia is the 
world's leader in aluminum production and the leader in tin, titanium, 
tantalum, niobium, and Rare Earths mining. Russia possesses one third 
of the worlds gold reserves, 10.2% of the world's platinum, and 50% of 
the world's diamond reserves. Russia builds and exports all forms of 
machines, from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space 
vehicles; ships, trains, automobiles, communications equipment; 
agricultural machinery, tractors, construction equipment; electric power 
generating equipment; medical and scientific instruments; consumer 
durables, textiles, and foodstuffs. At 17,075,400 sq km Russia is twice 
the landmass of all fifty United States and is the largest country on 
earth. Russia has 20% of the world's supply of unfrozen unpolluted fresh 
water In lake Baikal alone, and The Siberian region contains the largest 
forested area on earth, an estimated 750 million hectares. Russia 
maintains 1,520,000 total active duty military personnel with 78.2% 
army, 13.2% navy and 8.6% air force. In 2002 Russia let it be known 
that they are capable of fielding an army of 38,906,796 men, age 15-49. 
In addition to their ability to fight a massive tactical war Russia also has 
6,000 strategic nuclear warheads, most of which are deployed on 
MIRVed land-based missiles aimed at the U.S. and China. Since the 
Neocons took office the Russians have been under no illusions about 
their expansionist intentions. Moscow has moved tactical nuclear 
weapons into Kaliningrad in a continuing campaign to derail NATO's 
assimilation of the Baltic States. On April 29th, 2003 British Prime 
Minister, Tony Blair personally delivered a warning to President Putin at 
his dacha outside Moscow. He spoke of a New World Order with two 
different poles of power acting as rivals to one another. oThe world faced 
the choice of a partnership with the US or a continued "diplomatic stand 
off", Blair said. Putin has responded to the coercive rhetoric with plans 
of launching the largest military exercises Russia has carried out since 
the cold war. Russian strategic bombers and submarine missile-carriers 
will simulate nuclear attacks against several military targets in the 
United States and Great Britain. They will also work on locating and 
liquidating US aircraft carriers. Russia is making a point; they will not 
come willingly under the control of America and the New World Order. 
As President Putin told Blair on April the 29th, "We are not with you and 
we don't believe you."  

This article is (c) copyright 2003 by Schuyler Ebbets (sebbets{at}comcast.net) 
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Cheers, Steve..

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