[Die Welt,
Germany]
La Stampa, Italy
As Vatican Seeks Muslim Souls, Europe Fears U.S. Abandonment
"That fear, the secret resentfulness being felt after the generous, noble and non-generic speech in Cairo - is of being abandoned by America in the face of the relentless advancement of European Islamization, a phenomena which is due in part to the active collaboration of the Catholic Church."
EDITORIAL
By Poet Guido Ceronetti
Translated
By Enrico Del Sero
June 8, 2009
Italy - La Stamp - Original Article (Italian)
As far as future generations of Europeans are concerned, nothing could matter
to me less. After having lived consciously through the better part of the 20th
century, one knows that quite a few bitter pills have been swallowed. And yet, one
can still imagine that in its unfathomable kitchen, the foreseeable future is
preparing pills that are still more bitter - and those who would like newborns or
the unborn in our ancient nations to be left with an easy path are foolishly
insulting human destiny.
At least we can predict, with some relief, that no intra-European or
Euro-Turkish war will ever be waged again - which doesnt imply in any way that
Pólemos will begin to snore - that would be unthinkable. [Pólemos is a supernatural being or Daemon from Greek mythology, said to be part of the company of war spirits that haunted the battlefield].
As I write this note, it's still Election Day in Italy and elsewhere
[E.U. elections]. And out of the votes of so many different peoples, the shadowy
profile of meaning will emerge, definable beneath the surface of our collective
unconscious - and we'll "draw the happy omens" if we scrutinize the
viscera. [Editor's Note: This is reference to how ancient peoples would predict
the future by examining the internal organs of a sacrificial victim, such as a
chicken, a white bull - or even a prisoner of war].
The coincidence of the European elections and Obama's speech in Cairo is
proof that Pólemos never sleeps. Obama's Islamic triumph has coincided with a class
of reflexive reaction that is beyond Europe's media - which is one of fear. The
triumphalist-pacifist echo of newspapers who don't reflect the voiceless who are handed a voting card - the faintest glimmer of sovereign
power to be trampled upon by the real and prevailing authorities. This card can only be
relied upon to be a warning light, with little capacity to influence. But it's
no small achievement to catch a glimpse of something in the dance of information.
[i.e.: While the votes don't really matter - at least one can learn something
from them].
That fear, the secret resentfulness being felt after the generous, noble
and non-generic speech in Cairo - is of being abandoned by America in the face
of the relentless advancement of European Islamization, a phenomena which is due in part to the active collaboration of the Catholic Church (for bioethical
reasons, due to the rise of secularism, and because of the unheard-of and desperate
project involving a future monotheist partition of human souls in the cave vaticanum [Vatican
cave]).
[Editor's Note: According to Wikipedia, judging the weighing of souls after death is an image of Christian theology and of some other religious traditions, according to which, the weighing of souls - the division of the blessed
and the damned - is supposed to take place at the "end times." The author implies that the Vatican prefers monotheist
Muslim souls to those of secular Europe].
The Weighing of Souls and division of the blessed and the damned,
Abraham's Bosom and the Jaws of Hell. Detail of the Last
Judgment
Window
at Bourges Cathedral, France, dating from 1215-25 AD.
If Europe (individual nations or the ectoplasm at the E.U. Parliament in
Strasbourg that may one day become a substantial body) plans to oppose Islamization
by relying on parties that are openly or tacitly obedient to the Catholic Church,
it had better know that it's been a long time since the walls of Vienna fell
and the Greek fire of
Naupactus has died out: St. Peter's dome
hides a column of sand [the Pope no longer has the backbone or strength that it
used to]. In-sha-allah [Arabic for if God wills] ...
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[Editor's Note: The ultimate failure of the Siege of
Vienna in 1529 and the Ottoman Empire's exhaustive attempt to capture what was
bastion of the Catholic Holy Roman Empire, turned the tide against almost a
century of unchecked Muslim conquest in east and central Europe. By pointing to
the Siege of Vienna and the Siege of Constantinople in 1453 (Greek fire of
Naupactus) - the author highlights how much weaker the Catholic Church is
today].
Out of the time of the last two Popes has comes an awareness that Islam
is winning. (Ratzinger [Pope Benedict XVI] surrendered soon after the trial balloon at
Regensburg). There are variations on this pessimistic certainty, but the
political determination seems to be marked by a will to "salvage what one
can." It's the tragic choice of Pius XII all over again: better Hitler than
Stalin. For Benedict XVI, it's: better Islam than birth control, than a Jacobin
Europe, than gay marriage, than an unrestrained (we're just at the beginning)
freedom and the matriarchal revenge of women. If patriarchy is put in doubt, the
Church erects walls and Islam wages war. (Their alliance isn't unnatural).
[Editor's Note: The trial balloon at
Regensburg that the author refers to was a 2006 speech that Pope Benedict gave
in Regensburg, Germany, which created a crisis with the Muslim World. The Pope
said in part: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there
you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by
the sword the faith he preached.]"
[Al-Ahram, Egypt]
Apart from some cooperation among national police bodies, Europe has so
far sought to be blithely unarmed. What supranational protection do people [Europeans]
vote for? Everywhere, the gigantic Euro-mollusk presents itself as being without
land or sea borders. Its super-expensive and super-equipped warships that
battle pirates never even hold target practice! To anything implying the use of
force, Europe is a conscientious objector; but
without that dismal use - one can found neither a state nor a supra-State. Who
knows? Perhaps they're waiting to delegate all armed defense to the Turks, who
don't object.
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If Eurovoters, both those who vote or who abstain, give
in to a fear that has nothing to do with the obsessions induced by the economic powers, it means that their most deeply-felt
motivations are to be found elsewhere. It means that their real fear - the
eternal one felt by a weak and threatened animal - cannot be calmed with
distracting sermons.
In fact, events are so pressing and bizarrely intertwined, that souls which
are stunned or dead and who are destined to occupy those
heavenly seats [in the E.U. Parliament] will hardly find time to develop
themselves into real men and women, and bring forth from among them a new
captain Mac Whirr, the unappealing character of Joseph Conrad's Typhoon.
SEE ALSO ON THIS:
Die Zeit, Germany:
Thanks to Obama, U.S. No Longer a Convincing 'Great Satan'
de Volkskrant, The Netherlands:
Muslims' Great Fear: 'Obama Can't Do It'
Izvestia, Russia: Russia Can Help Obama With Muslims
Al Madina, Saudi Arabia:
With Obama, a 'New Beginning'
Kitabat, Iraq:
Thank You, Mr. Obama. We Hope Our Leaders Got the Message
Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria:
Muslim 'Suspicion' Over Obama's 'Operation Seduction'
L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon:
'Hussein' is for Bold
L'Express, France:
Prince Obama and His Muslim Cinderella
Die Welt, Germany:
Can the Words of Obama Begin to Change the World?
Liberation, France:
Obama Calls France Out on Banning Muslim Veil
Liberation, France:
Obama: Speaker of Verities
The Nation, Pakistan:
Obama Must Make Real His Belief in Koranic Principles
Amal Al Ummah, Egypt:
Prince Obama and His Muslim Cinderella
Amal Al Ummah, Egypt:
If America Can Change, Why Not Egypt?
Al Araby, Egypt:
Five U.S. Presidencies is Too Long for Mubarak
Kuwait Times, Kuwait:
For an Obama on the Make, Egypt is the Wise Choice
Alhayat Aljadeeda, Palestine:
As Palestinians Await Obama's Speech, We Must Unify
Amal Al Ummah, Egypt:
Don't Be Fooled By Obama's Egypt Speech
Amal Al Ummah, Egypt:
Egypt's Comments on Israeli Nukes a Betrayal of Muslims
Al-Arab al-Yawm, Jordan:
World Must Not Fall for Obama PR Onslaught
Al Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:
Obama: A Humble Leader Worthy of His Great Nation
Al Riyadh, Saudi Arabia:
Obama Interview with Al-Arabiya Cause for Arab Shame
Le Quotidien d'Oran, Algeria
Arab Leaders Prefer to 'Listen to Obama's Fables'
Al Watan, Oman:
When 'Hussein' is the Most Beautiful Word
L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon:
Stars, Stripes and the Muslim Crescent
L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon:
Arab Leaders Should Heed Obama's Words
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