Go see "2016"

We saw “2016”.  Boy, did I learn a few things.

 

In brief, Dinesh D’Souza lays out a convincing case that Obama is a leftist anti-colonialist.  Having grown up in Third World, being the same age as Obama, he recognized this common belief system from the undeveloped world, and proves his case by Obama’s quotes from his book, “Dreams From My Father” then verifies it with many who have known Obama since childhood and relatives in Kenya.  Basically, Barack grew up for 9 years with an absent father.  Stanley Ann Dunham was a leftist (Marxist?) anti-American hippie who married Barrack Sr., a revolutionary anti-colonialist, studying in USA. She made Barack Obama Senior a sort of heroic figure for Barry Jr. even after her divorce (when Barry was 1).  She married a guy from Indonesia and raised Barry there until her second husband got favorably involved with an American oil company and she turned on him.  Barry was sent back to grandparents in Hawaii.  Grandpa was also a lefty.  He searched and found  a bonafied revolutionary communist and Afro-American, Frank Davis, to mentor young Barry. Through all this, Barry is trying to find his father’s ideals.  He only met Barack Sr. once at age 10.  In 1982 his dad died in a drunken car accident in Kenya.  Barry went there to find his roots, and took up the anti-colonialist cause quite naturally as it was related to the Marxism of his high school years with Davis. He found out his real father was actually a crumb bum with 5 wives he beat in his drunkenness.  But Barack vowed to adopt the old man’s ideals and become what his dad never could achieve.

 

Colonialism, of course, is when a developed nation overtakes a Third World country for its resources.  Often it uses the elite of that country to help them rule, but treats the natives like dirt.  So Anti-colonialism is the political point of view to throw out the white Europeanbums and then take retribution on all who have helped them, i.e. the residual rich.  It is both racist against whites, somewhat anti-development, and often espouses leftist schemes such as land reforms and confiscation of the property of the rich—a good Marxist fit.  In his book, this is what Obama pledged his life to.  His relatives confirm this.  And it is strikingly like the senior Obama’s outlook. 

 

And so I learn stuff.  I have often wondered why someone from say, Nepal, would be so virulently hateful against Israel. What did Israel ever do to anyone from Nepal?  Yet when you look at the UN votes, it is often 120-2 to condemn some reasonable action of Israel.  The answer, D’Souza says, is that Israel is implicated as a colonialist incursion into the Middle East, and everyone from the Third World hates colonialism.  Guilt by association.  Ditto the USA which is looked upon as white, European, and the modern extension of Europe.  Never mind that our own country was a revolt against British colonialism.  Why didn’t D’Souza get caught up in anti-colonialism?  He tells how he would sit on the floor of his house with an encyclopedia and read about all the famous empires of the world as a child.  He grew to admire USA for being an “empire of ideals”, different than the European empires.

 

Barack has a half-brother from Nairobi, an austere writer and intellect who lives pennilessly but has published a book.  He takes big issue with both Barack Obamas and their anti-colonialism.  Our Prez won’t even allow a Visa for George to come to Atlanta to visit his own mother, now here in the States. Persona non gratia.  The first Presidential act was to send back a bust of Winston Churchill to the Brits.  Why?  Because Winny was the head of British colonial office in the 1930s and Barack has a visceral hated of the man.  Barack goes around bowing to the Third World kings.  Why? Because it’s like an apology for American colonialism.  D’Souza says these things look weird to Americans but they have real meaning to an anti-colonialist socialist.

 

What gets really frightening is what BO wants to do the USA—basically dismantle it and destroy our power.  He would redistribute our wealth to the ‘deserving’ Third World.  He will not stop Iran from nukes.  He wants to secretly go beyond START and destroy our nuclear weapons until we are on par with Britain and France. To dismantle our economy he wants to spend without regard to deficit and give us a currency crisis while taking advantage of the crisis to install socialism.  That is why he almost seems to have a tin ear politically to some things.  He disses union Democrats(white guys). He insists on class warfare even when Dems complain it goes too far.  He uses Executive fiat to remove work from Workfare, expand food stamps, and Dream Act which hasn’t been acted upon.  Finally, Dinesh interviews David Walker, former Comptroller of budget who talks about how a Debt crisis will be swift.  The US bond market will crash, interest will skyrocket in a matter of days or weeks, recession from lack of credit will swamp our economy. 

 

Good documentary.  Go see it.