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This debate is further amplified by Donald Trump’s political adversaries, many of whom had supported the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, along with draconian measures against Muslims both in the US and abroad.
Suppression of dissent in the US is not a new phenomenon.
In June 2022, Crescent International had predicted that as the west-centric global order unravels, western regimes will increasingly resort to crude tactics of the type implemented by dictatorships they support abroad, blatantly suppressing dissenting voices.
The primary distinction is that Trump’s regime, due to its overt ignorance, lacks the cunning and subtlety of the Obama regime in executing such repression.
One particularly telling case that has been largely forgotten by today’s self-proclaimed free speech crusaders is that of Tarek Mehanna.
Arrested in October 2009 under dubious circumstances, his case exemplifies the misuse of legal mechanisms to stifle political opposition.
An extensive analysis of Mehanna’s case in the Christian Science Monitor highlighted this stark reality:
“… a young Muslim male who believed he had the right to express his deep disdain for American foreign policy in the Middle East and Asia. Tarek Mehanna, an American-born Bostonian, took his First Amendment rights quite seriously when he vocally condemned his government for killing thousands of Muslims abroad. As a result, he was convicted of conspiring to help Al Qaeda.”
Detractors might argue that Mehanna was convicted for being a member of Al-Qaeda.
History, however, shows that no regime openly admits to arresting individuals for speaking truth to power.
Instead, legal formalities are manipulated to camouflage politically motivated repression.
A phrase often attributed to Stalin captures this strategy well: “Show me the man, and I will show you the crime.”
While freedom of thought and speech is indeed more protected in the US than in regions where western-backed regimes enforce brutal repression—such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or the UAE—this freedom only extends so far as it does not expose the crimes of the ruling elite.
The moment dissenting voices begin to influence political outcomes, the cost of speech becomes evident.
As it becomes increasingly clear that western powers, particularly the US, are being relegated to mid-level status in global affairs, their reaction to alternative viewpoints is only set to become more aggressive.
The US, as the principal hegemon of the western world, has the most to lose from this shift and is, therefore, likely to lead the charge in brutal crackdowns on dissent.
Two major factors will exacerbate political and social turmoil in the US as Washington’s tolerance for alternative views continues to erode: zionism and the inherent idealism of ordinary Americans.
The zionist lobby now fully understands that a growing number of Americans perceive its influence over US politics as a direct threat to their sovereignty.
Recognizing that they are becoming increasingly cornered, zionist interest groups have chosen to double down on their efforts to suppress critics—an approach clearly evident in the case of Mahmoud Khalil.
However, this strategy has led to a paradoxical situation.
Regardless of one’s view of American society, it remains fundamentally idealistic.
This deeply ingrained idealism will inevitably generate a strong backlash against zionist attempts to weaponize laws against influential political activists and outspoken critics.
Ironically, the zionists’ greatest adversary may be none other than Donald Trump and his circle of loyalists.
Through their crude and heavy-handed tactics, they may inadvertently serve as catalysts for mobilizing the American people against zionist influence in the US.
Given Israel’s excessive dependence on US backing, a significant shift in American public sentiment poses an existential threat to the zionist project.
The unraveling of the western order is not a passive process but an active battleground.
No repressive empire is dismantled without cost and sacrifice.
Washington’s response to America’s imperial decline will determine whether the US can adapt to a multipolar world with some degree of stability or descend into a state of decline reminiscent of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s.
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