[lbo-talk] Committee on the Present Fascist

[Gregory Lipman]

Speaking of Euro-fascists....
(Via a very intersting blog, War and Piece)
The resurrection of the Committee on the Present Danger? My first reaction
is to giggle. What is this, did these guys not get enough of the Cold War?
There are tours of the nuclear bomb-proof bunker at the Greenbrier, you
know. Maybe it could be rented out for parties.
The managing director of this - uh - effort, Peter Hannaford, has been
lobbying for some of the world's nasties, I noticed in some recent
reporting. Including for Austria's Nazi-nostalgic Jorg Haider and the
Austrian Freedom Party, and some African dictators, too. I guess it all
depends on how you define "present danger." Groups which track anti-semitism
had pretty grave things to say about Haider and the Austrian Freedom Party
back in 1997 when Hannaford was a paid lobbyist for the party, according to
Justice Department records.
(Check link for nice pic. of Haider and Saddam in 2002)
http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/000940.html