Hillary Clinton A Liberal Fascist?
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-Jonah Goldberg is a columnist for The Los Angeles
Times. He recently wrote a book on liberal fascism. He started his
book with Mussolini who was the father of fascism in Italy. Jonah also
discussed American liberalism as a new totalitarian political religion
very close to fascism. Finally Jonah Goldberg declared Hillary Clinton
as "The First Lady of Liberal Fascism." Jonah avoided using the term
of liberal fascist for President Barack Obama but he feared that
America was slowly becoming a fascist country.
It was difficult for me to believe that Hillary could be a fascist
because she is a fascinating person. I read the book just a few days
ago when I was travelling from the US to Pakistan. Luckily I got a
chance to meet Hillary Clinton during her official visit to Pakistan
on the evening of Oct 28 at the Islamabad residence of the US
ambassador. I was one of the six TV anchors invited for a candid talk
with the secretary of state. She was very much concerned about the bad
image of her country in Pakistan and she said that "we must listen to
each other and we must be honest with each other."
I put just three short questions to Hillary Clinton. My first question
was about the rule of law. I referred to the Kerry-Lugar bill in which
the US expressed desire for the rule of law in Pakistan and humbly
asked why US officials were breaking Pakistani laws again and again in
Islamabad. I informed her that four US marines were arrested at 3 a.m.
on Oct 27 in Islamabad with illegal weapons in their hands. They were
released within one hour of their arrest. I asked: "Who ordered them
to patrol the roads of Islamabad? Will you allow Pakistani soldiers to
patrol the roads of Washington DC with weapons in their hands?"
Hillary said that diplomats enjoyed immunity and they carried weapons.
I again informed her that diplomats did not come out on the roads at
three in the morning. She said: "I will look into this matter." I was
not satisfied with her answer.
She told us that the US wanted a strong and vibrant democracy in
Pakistan. I again asked her that if the US cared too much about
democracy, then why it didn't care about the unanimous resolution of
our new parliament against US drones attacks. I said, "Instead of
listening to the voice of democracy coming through our parliament you
have increased drone attacks which means that you have no respect for
our democracy." Once again she just said, "We have to win the war
against terror and we have to support democracy in Pakistan."
My third question was about the American desire for civilian control
on the security establishment of Pakistan expressed in the Kerry-Lugar
bill many times. I asked, "Do you want a civilian to head the ISI?"
She never said no, but explained, "We can have a head of the CIA both
from military and civilians and you can also have the head of the ISI
from military and civilians." The answer clearly gave a message that
the US wants a civilian to head the premier intelligence agency of
Pakistan.
Hillary Clinton never said anything new to us. When I was coming back
after meeting her I was thinking about Liberal Fascism written by
Jonah Goldberg. Hillary Clinton must give clear and straight answers
to the questions burning in the minds of common Pakistanis. Otherwise,
we will be forced to believe that she is taking America into a new era
of liberal fascism.
This op-ed was exclusively published by The News International. The
writer is executive editor of Geo TV in Islamabad. Email:
hami...@geo.tv
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